Žilinka explains the case around Pčolinský: He put on the media and politicians! He also gave sharp words to the president – Topka

He emphasized that he would not be intimidated or pushed in any way by politicians, the media or anyone else. He said this at a press conference on Thursday. “I am not indebted to anyone or I am not bound to anyone. I do not communicate with any of the politicians, outside the professional framework. declared Prosecutor General Žilinka.

He said politicians had wrongly begun to ‘ties’ to the leadership of the prosecutor’s office. In the case of the lifting of the accusation against the financier Jaroslav Haščák, the former director of the SIS counterintelligence Ľubomír Arpáš and against Arpáš’s wife, he stated that “evidence of such quality has not been secured to such an extent as to justify the prosecution of all three defendants for the act which was the subject of the prosecution. Without any doubt”. He also criticized last year’s police intervention at Penta’s headquarters.

Source: TASR – Martin Baumann

He also pointed out procedural errors in bringing the accusation, which, according to him, should have been filed immediately after the commencement of criminal prosecution. He argues that the outputs of the information technology from the Gorilla case cannot be used as evidence in criminal proceedings. This is to be seen in the findings of the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Source: TASR – Martin Baumann

“If the allegation was based on certain intelligence, it is not in the file,” stressed. On Tuesday (31 August), the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Slovak Republic lifted charges against former SIS director Pčolinský, businessman Zoroslav Kollár, financier Jaroslav Haščák, former director of SIS counterintelligence Ľubomír Arpáš and against Arpáš’s wife.

Rough words to the media and the president

Žilinka gave sharp words to politicians and the media. “The Prosecutor General’s Office is not a voodo doll you’re going to stab in. Now I don’t mean you, the media present.” he added. Only selected media were invited to the press conference and did not let the internet or print media inside.

Žilinka also gave sharp words to politicians, but also to President Zuzana Čaputová, “That is what a constitutional official will say. He is misleading in this way. And in an incompetent, unprofessional way, he is misleading the public and creating an image as if there is some legal arbitrariness.” said Žilina. He also called on politicians not to tarnish the prosecutor’s office.