Vetting court rules that the Sejm Speaker is a liar

The court declared that Oleksy, contrary to his statements, had in fact consciously cooperated with the military intelligence during the 1970s, and he twice received financial remuneration for his services. Oleksy said he would once again appeal against the verdict and was adamant that he will not resign from his parliamentary functions. Representatives of all parliamentary clubs, excluding the SLD, are of the same opinion - Oleksy must resign. The court said that while he cooperated with the intelligence service he passed on personal information as well as his opinion on people who would be good candidates to work with, information concerning foreign cooperation and foreign trips, including data on universities and students. The court was not convinced by Oleksy's explanation that he was not aware of the character of his activities and his connection with the intelligence service. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4, Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.