The political battle is getting dirtier but has advanced to another level. Yesterday's press conference by the General Prosecutor Mr Dobroslav Trnka informed the media the fact that the alleged moneylaundering case is to be investigated by the office. Good. At least, it appears.
There are two main things, which are quite remarkable, and those who are familiar with western law systems will certainly agree: Usually a General Prosecutor's office (or State Attorney) would immediately request investigation from the moment, when a serious suspiscion arises that a crime has been committed. It is especially therefore most bizarre, that after months, even years, of dodgy tenders, private property acquisition of politicians surpassing manifold their yearly allowances, and other clear cases of gross abuse of power, competencies and influence, the prosecutor has been passively silent. In fact: suspisciously too quiet.
While answering questions from the press (admittedly, some of the questions were embarrassingly irrelevant, but that about professionalism in journalism, as discussed in one of my previous blogs) - but here comes my second point: as we are apparently at the beginning of a (criminal) investigation, since when is a prosecutor allowed to affirm alleged speculations? As far as I know, this is (still) subject to the investigation, and a prosecutor may never incriminate any party. Even in Slovakia the presumption of innocence is applicable, and exactly by doing this, Mr Trnka has explicitly and seriously violated a professional ethic-principle.
Slovakia has proven in the last few months, that an impartial judiciary system is non-existent, government is visibly corrupt, the police slowly slides into being a participant of political agitation, and now the state prosecutor breaches a moral code., making Mr Trnka a dubious figure. Democracy has died despite being within the EU.
MS
And the corpse is starting to stink!
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