Ostrowska avoids prosecution

118 deputies voted for in her favor including those from SLD and Civic Platform (PO). Many deputies from Law and Justice (PiS) and Self-Defense, however, did not vote. Jerzy Balicki, the spokesperson from the appeals court in Kraków said the result highlights a total failure of the prosecutor's office, although those who defend Ostrowska claim that the prosecutor's office did not present sufficient evidence to substantiate the accusations of corruption. SLD chief Wojciech Olejniczak said this is another attempt by PiS to destroy the political left, a view shared by PO leader Donald Tusk who said that PiS only wanted to create a political spectacle. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski added that evidence against Ostrowska was obviously legitimate. (Rzeczpospolita, March 31 - April 1, p. A1, B2) M.M.