"I am a victim of political games," claims ex PZU president Wieczerzak

The former president of insurance company PZU Życie Grzegorz Wieczerzak, who is accused of zł. 173.5 million malversation against his company, presented his defense speech on Tuesday. He accused numerous politicians, businessmen and highly ranked state officials that he was arrested as it was in their interest. Wieczerzak claimed, "People who started proceedings against me, convinced Jerzy Buzek's advisors that by putting me on trial, he would win the elections as it would throw the alleged illegal business relations between me and the son of the former SLD leader into the media spotlight." He went on to say that, "I was arrested on order, or on the initiative, of people linked with BIG Bank." Wieczerzak's main plank of defense has been to try and convince the court that he is a victim of dirty political and business games. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.