Walesa refuses to face screening court questioning impartiality of judges

In an interview with Radio Zet, former president Lech Walesa denied the impartiality of the screening court and said he would never face it as long as it didn't have objective and impartial judges. Earlier this week Walesa revealed to the public Communist Secret Service files concerning his alleged cooperation with the secret police. Walesa refused to say where he obtained the file and claimed he had committed no crime as the department of Secret Service no longer existed. He said there was no reason to classify the data he presented as "top secret." Answering as to why he did not inform the screening court about the files, the former president said he would never recognize a court in which a judge sits who worked under communism. "He [the judge] may call his own wife, not me," said Walesa. "My supporters will find a way for me to avoid facing this court." (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 5) J.K.