The General Prosecutor who was not aware of his duties

The General Prosecutor was not aware that he was obliged to verify whether newly elected deputies to parliament have any criminal investigation proceedings against them. This obligation was introduced a year ago, and it envisaged that the Justice Minister has 60 days to verify a deputy from the day he is elected. It is unknown how the deputies are to be verified, as the prosecutor does not know it either. Małgorzata Wilkosz -Śliwa, spokeswoman of the General Prosecutor, promised that the whole issue would be resolved over the next two weeks. "The current unclear situation is [also] due to the fact that the Sejm did not inform the prosecutor about the changes," explained Wilkosz-Śliwa. Some deputies claim that unless the prosecutor comes up with a way of accessing the information the new regulation will not be acted upon. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M.