Justice Ministry allegedly told to complete Rywin investigation A.S.A.P.

Życie Warszawy daily reported yesterday that, according to Wanda Marciniak, a prosecutor investigating the Rywin affair, there was strong pressure in th e Justice Ministry to complete the investigation as quickly as possible and not to bring any charges against the head of TVP, Robert Kwiatkowski. Follow ing the article, Justice Minister, Grzegorz Kurczuk, announced during a pres s conference that he had never interfered in the case, adding that he himsel f was a witness for the prosecution and a special investigation commission. "Writing such things without first talking to me or anybody else from the st ate prosecutor's office, hurts," he said. Following such strong accusations, the Sejm investigation committee, after demands from Law and Justice member Zbigniew Ziobro and Civic Platform member Jan Rokita, will question top stat e prosecutors. (www.polskieradio.pl; Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.