Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)
Annex
Annex - Marie Vrabcová gator was obliged to request an independent expert’s opinion. Šátek also accused Kaliňák and Packa of inspecting the case file without proper authorization and subsequently publishing the gathered information on a press conference while only the accused, their legal representatives and some precisely circumscribed public officials are entitled to do so. Last but not least, Premier Robert Fico.according to Šátek went beyond his constitutional powers and usurped the powers of law enforcement organs by informing the public about their findings based on unlawfully obtained evidence. PoliCE AINcl pROSECUTiON MAcfc A MÍSTaI<E In reaction to the motion for criminal prosecution filed by Jozef Šátek, Premier Robert Fico declared on August 22, 2007, that the alleged attack on Fiedviga Malinová was supposed to topple his administration.21 In August 2007, Roman Kvasnica addressed several motions to the false evidence case investigator against his client in which he proposed that further witnesses be questioned, including Premier Robert Fico, Vice-Premier Dušan Čaplovič and original case investigator Peter Horák. Elaborating on his motions, Kvasnica wrote that Fico should be questioned because his public statements indicate that he knows the identity of those who organized the attack; Čaplovič should be questioned as a witness based on his media interview in which he said that Malinová “may have been battered but not because she was Hungarian” and compared the entire case to setting off World War II by German provocateurs dressed as Polish officers. In the same interview, Čaplovič also said that he knew a doctor who examined Malinová after the attack and could swear that she had not suffered any injuries. On August 31, 2007, Attorney General Dobroslav Tmka again requested the case file of the attack on Malinová to inspect whether the police and the prosecution thoroughly observed the letter of the law. Two weeks later, Tmka declared that both the police and the prosecution had made mistakes while investigating the case of Hedviga Malinová.22 In order to remedy the mistakes, Tmka set up a special investigative team comprising five policemen and prosecutors on September 24, 2007. According to experts, such a mixed investigative team has no legal footing since the principal task of the prosecution is to supervise the police’s performance and evaluate complaints filed against its decisions. In spite of the criticism, the special investigative team launched its activities at the end of September. In his reaction, Kvasnica declared he did not believe in the 310
