Prosecutors furious at latest postponement in trial of General Jaruzelski
A judge yesterday postponed again the on-going trial of Poland's last
communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, over his role in the 1970
killing of protesting shipyard workers. In the latest setback to
prosecutors' attempts to bring the ageing general to account for his
actions, Judge Piotr Wachowicz adjourned proceedings until September 5,
after Jaruzelski's new team of lawyers asked for more time to examine the
evidence. Prosecutors, who accused the defense of stalling tactics when
Jaruzelski's legal team quit last month, were furious at the new delay to
proceedings. According to Tadeusz Kilian, the public representative in the
case, it is not known whether the proceedings will go ahead in September, or
if any further motions will be filed to delay the trial. (Reuters, Zycie,
pp. 1, 6) P.J.
