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📢 This is the third night that Romanians are gathering and chanting in front of the Central Detention Center in Bucharest for the release of President @CG_Romania! 🇷🇴 The TV stations refuse to show what is happening there. Why⁉️ Because if the images reached the homes of Romanians, people would see the crowd taking to the streets, and that could bring even more people there. The more people gather, the harder it becomes to control the situation with the Jagardearia devices. So, if the TV stations won’t show it, we’ll film it ourselves. ✊🏻 WE ARE THE MEDIA NOW.👁️ As @elonmusk said. 🫵🏻 📍George Georgescu Street No. 1-3 Bucharest (translated)

Former ministers in Viktor Orbán's government - Balazs Hanko (culture and innovation) and Miklos Sesztak (development) have been temporarily arrested. The first is suspected of misusing approximately 47 million euros of public funds. The second for accepting over 32 million euros in bribes and financial benefits. (translated)

The prosecutor from the Silesian branch of the PZ PK has presented charges against another 11 people in the investigation concerning Collegium Humanum. The charges include participation in an organized criminal group, money laundering, and issuing fictitious diplomas and certificates of study. For 6 suspects, the prosecutor has submitted requests to the court for provisional detention. In total, 97 suspects have been presented with 881 charges during the investigation. More in the announcement: ▶️ https://t.co/BTpJojEsbg (translated)

Mr. Grzegorz, I read the entire justification. And I agree with one thing – legal analysis cannot be replaced with the label of a "neo-judge," because that is not an argument 🤷‍♂️ However, the justification itself, although extensive and internally organized, in my opinion leaves two very serious legal problems. The first concerns Article 281 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The provision states that in preparatory proceedings, a "blanket warrant" can be issued at the request of the prosecutor or in the absence of their objection. Here, the prosecutor filed an objection. The court does not challenge the wording of the provision. It consciously deviates from it, considering that the binding objection of the prosecutor would violate the court's jurisdictional independence. It references Article 8 § 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 178 paragraph 1 of the Constitution, Article 6 of the ECHR, Article 47 of the KPP, and part of the case law of appellate courts. This is a legal argument. But there is also an opposing line of case law, based precisely on the linguistic interpretation of Article 281 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which the court itself notes in the justification. I wrote about this yesterday. So it is not the case that there is no problem. There is a very serious dispute about the limits of interpretation contra legem and whether the court can practically deprive the premise, which the legislator explicitly included in the provision. The second problem I have is with the prognostic assessment. The court acknowledges that Romanowski left Poland, did not appear for the hearing concerning the temporary arrest, was outside the reach of Polish authorities, and even informed in his own application that he has a passport issued under a different identity 🤷‍♂️ The court considers these circumstances to be burdensome but then assumes that they cannot determine the assessment because one should look at it primarily prospectively. 🤔 And this is where I have the greatest doubt. The prediction of a suspect's future behavior does not occur in a vacuum. Its foundational material is, after all, their past behavior. 🤷‍♂️ If a person involved in the proceedings previously did not comply with procedural mechanisms, left the country, and remained outside the reach of the authorities, then their later declaration that from this moment they will comply with the conditions of the "blanket warrant" must be subjected to particularly rigorous assessment. The court may conclude that despite this, the risk has currently diminished. But it should convincingly demonstrate why specific past behaviors have lost their prognostic significance. Because if we are to predict a person’s future behavior while disregarding their past behavior, then a rather fundamental question arises - on what basis are we actually building this prediction? 🤷‍♂️ Therefore, I would not dismiss this ruling with the label of a neo-judge, but I would also not say that the problem ends with the justification sounding rational. A rationally constructed justification can still lead to a legally debatable result. In my opinion, this is exactly the kind of case we are dealing with here. The argumentation of the court is clear and can be recounted, but both the way of breaking the literal wording of Article 281 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the prognostic assessment of the suspect's behavior leave significant legal doubts. If I were to rule on this matter, I would not grant the application. Firstly – due to the prosecutor's objection and the content of Article 281 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Secondly – even accepting a different interpretation of this provision, I would not find sufficient grounds for a positive prognostic assessment. This is not about punishing Romanowski for the past. It is about assessing whether his past behavior allows rationally to assume that from this moment he will respect the obligations arising from the "blanket warrant." In my opinion – it does not allow 🤷‍♂️ And that is precisely why there is an appellate review. (translated)

In Jarosław, there was an attack by a knife-wielding man, resulting in the death of Father Stanisław Zbojnowicz, while four other people were injured, and the perpetrator, 31-year-old Ukrainian Ihor M., remains in custody in a psychiatric hospital and will not be interrogated. (translated)

QUIET! PRAYER! DECENCY! DIGNITY! "Madam, tell them that there are lawyers, doctors, engineers here; there are people who take care of their lives, their families, who work and contribute to the progress of this country." I was at the central detention center last night. I didn't post because I'm somewhat fed up with the TikTok crowd that uses these moments to promote/monetize themselves. In a year and a half, there have been many moments in front of the judicial control that have been ruined by these characters, perhaps well-intentioned, but who have turned these moments too often into a spectacle for social media. What I want to say, without wishing to get into polemics with anyone, is that we must be very careful about the energy we create around these gatherings. If the vibe is controlled by conflicting, aggressive people, with negative emotions, quality people who feel the same way we do will be hesitant to join. And not because they don’t care, but because they don’t feel at home in such a space. Why do I say this? Because, despite the tension in society, now is the moment for QUIET! PRAYER! DECENCY! DIGNITY! Thank you, Ana-Maria Nita, for managing to beautifully summarize, in a private conversation we had this morning, what needs to be done. They will want to hijack these gatherings as they did with the shepherds' protest. They will exploit negative emotions. They will try to push us towards conflict, towards anger, towards violence. They will not be able to do this if we raise the vibration. I would like to propose to those of you who go there evening after evening, and I will come too, to understand that now the main message we need to convey is one of support for Călin Georgescu. To let him know that we are by his side – WE ARE HERE! And it was beautifully chanted last night: "Căline, Căline, we are here with you!" And the main message we need to convey to those who have mocked this country and its people is that we know everything they have done. That we haven't forgotten the pandemic. That we haven't forgotten the plunder. That we haven't forgotten the cancellation of the elections. That we haven't forgotten their contempt. BUT we choose to confront them calmly, with dignity, through unity, through commitment, with the belief that they cannot abuse, persecute, and arrest us all. Last night, when I arrived, around 10 PM, there were over 1,000–1,500 people. I came without hope that there would be so many people because I hadn't seen anything anywhere in the mainstream press. I was surprised by the energy there. From the beautiful people who stopped me and said the quote from the title: "Madam, tell them that there are lawyers, doctors, engineers here; there are people who take care of their lives, their families, who work and contribute to the progress of this country." The most uplifting moment of the evening was the singing of the anthem, initiated by the nai player Nicolae Voiculeț. A passage was posted by Mrs. Cristela Georgescu. It was the energy, the vibe of that moment that convinced me that these gatherings must be transformed into a cenacle. A CENACLE FOR THE RENAISSANCE OF ROMANIA. We must show them that we are much more than the labels they put on us. The words of Caramitru Jr. after the shepherds' protest echo in my mind: "interlopers," "destroyed," "the scum of society" from "boondocks." A bloated person like him despises real Romania; it repulses him. And there are many like him, many "juniors" (Papahagi, Tismăneanu, Paleologu) who set the tone of hatred and venom and spread it throughout society. Returning to what happened last night. I left when the chants began with "The gendarmerie protects theft," "Mușușor, arrested." It shouldn't be about this now. What would I do? I would go with a white armband. We need a symbol of peace, of resistance, and of dignity. I would encourage Nicolae Voiculeț to transform these gatherings into a cenacle. I would lift the crowd; I wouldn't lower their vibration. I would chant one thing: WE ARE HERE! (translated)

#855 To the East of the Middle East - Russia threatens war over Kaliningrad - Attack on flight from Dubai? - Hegseth is revamping the US army - Hundreds of students arrested in France - Pakistan attacked targets in Afghanistan - Russia extends ban on oil exports (translated)

Nicu explained that Voiculescu's case is old and is not moving forward, so there is no problem. Georgescu's case is advancing at the speed of light, although, as things show, the political side has moved faster than the evidence. The conclusion: for us, the case is not about the facts, it's about who you are. If you have a billion and friends in high places, you're a counselor. If you have a million and inappropriate opinions, you're in custody. (translated)

It is estimated that between 1944 and 1956, as a result of communist terror in Poland, about 50 thousand people died, and for political reasons, over 250 thousand people were arrested and imprisoned. It is a disgrace that today's Minister of Justice uses such comparisons. Unfortunately, many (translated)

Kaczyński 2019: "Budapest is a model for Europe." Morawiecki admired the "Hungarian economic model." Today: 60-180 billion euros in losses, 1079 illegal subsidies, former ministers in custody, billionaires with charges. Our "Law and Justice" chose a beautiful model for themselves. (translated)

Abduction in Warsaw's Wola. Three men arrested Police have detained three men suspected of kidnapping and brutally beating a man in an underground garage in Warsaw's Wola. The assailants reportedly threatened him with a knife and an object resembling a weapon, then dragged him into a car, beat him, and took him to the forest. There, they tied his hands and feet and demanded money. The detainees are 25, 47, and 51 years old. In one of their apartments, the police found a firearm. Two of the suspects have been temporarily arrested for three months, while the 47-year-old will face charges of aiding and abetting and is under police supervision. (translated)