Grodzki focused on the alleged visa scandal, and the allegations made were based solely on media information and the Internet, without specifying in any way the sources of this information or their reliability. At the outset, he said that “Polish visas, papers authorising entry into our country, were sold on stalls in Asia and Africa countriesIt’s okay. ” Just a fewer sentences later he said, "The net is moving in front of Polish consulates in Africa and AsiaIt’s okay. ” Marshal Grodzki did not see the contradiction between these information presented by him. If Polish visas could be bought on stalls, why were queues lined up in front of Polish consulates? The Marshal made it clear that both information concerns countries in Asia and Africa, not each continent.
Marshal Grodzki did not see this contradiction, he should have. After all, he is the 3rd individual in the country, as he frequently emphasizes. He should besides see this from his own experience. As many witnesses have testified, and this is information confirmed by the prosecutor's office, not any indeterminate media, there were queues of patients in front of Dr. Grodzki's office who expected to give him a bribe for speeding up a lifesaving operation. Why were people waiting outside Tomasz Grodzki's office? It is due to the fact that the referrals to enable the operation to be carried out as rapidly as possible could not be bought either on stalls close the infirmary Zspolona in Szczecin Zdunowo or on another stalls in Szczecin, nor on stalls in another cities far from Szczecin. If you could buy specified a referral on the stall, people would not anticipate in front of Grodzki's office. The Marshal knows it well and should realize it.
The paradox of the Polish political scene is that the accusations of corruption are made on the basis of media information by a man who is himself accused of corruption, but not by the media but by the prosecution. The drama of the Polish political scene is that Marshal Tomasz Grodzki has been hiding behind immunity for over 900 days blocking the motion to repeal it. Ministry officials, if they have actually committed criminal abuse, will be tried and, if proven guilty, will endure not only disciplinary but besides criminal consequences. The Marshal will effort to extend his period of impunity by seeking further four-year immunity in the upcoming elections. In this context, his exposé can be considered a ‘programme speech’.
