The Supreme Court released Kaliňák. “The feeling of injustice gave me strength,” said the former minister TVNOVINY.sk – TVNOVINY.sk

Updated 12:11 13. 5. 2022, 10:51 Robert Kaliňák goes to freedom. The Supreme Court announced it. “The Senate of the 5T Supreme Court at today’s closed session, consisting of the President of the Senate Petr Hatala and members Juraj Kliment and Petr Štift, ruled unanimously to annul the contested resolution of the Specialized Criminal Court of April 23, 2022 and release the accused R. K. The Senate of the National Council of the Slovak Republic considers the prosecution of the accused to be justified in all points that are blamed, but the court of appeal – unlike the judge for the preparatory proceedings, did not find any reasons for collusion in the accused, “informs Supreme Court spokeswoman Alexandra Važanová. The Supreme Court also dealt with complaints about the bias of members of the Senate. The court found that neither the Senate nor Judge Juraj Kliment was interested. After his release, the ex-minister confronted the journalists and declared that the whole situation was absurd. “The court decides on guilt and innocence. These courts did not rule on the merits of the prosecution. You have a fight going on here. This is a Stalinist exercise of law. When someone begins to reach out to political opponents, they go into non-democracy. Public defense is forbidden and this is contrary to European values, “Kaliňák said of his accusation. He did not want to comment further on the acts of which he is accused. He said that the behavior of ZVJS members was professional. He read and studied a lot during the day. “I thought that the feeling that you were there unjustly and that the whole thing was made up would kill you more and destroy you, but vice versa. It gave me the strength to handle the whole situation, “the ex-minister described his days in custody. He said he would continue to hold press conferences to point out the mistakes of coalition politicians or investigators. The prosecutor asked Kaliňák for collusive detention also for his public statements, which, according to the prosecutor, could have influenced witnesses. A specialized criminal court sent Kaliňák into custody on April 23 after accusations of founding, conspiring and supporting a criminal group, the offense of abuse of power by a public official, as well as the repeated crime of endangering trade, banking, postal, telecommunications and tax secrets.