Palikot will wait until 2027. The State tests the patience of the victims

Zdjęcie: Palikot poczeka do 2027 roku. Państwo testuje cierpliwość pokrzywdzonych

The investigation concerning Janusz Palikot was extended to 27 January 2027; according to Money.pl, they are conducted from the beginning by 1 prosecutor and 1 CBA officer. Palikot has 9 charges today, he's not pleading guilty. For Poles this is simply a question about the efficiency of the state towards thousands of victims and large money.

Investigating again without a finale

Janusz Palikot's case was about to come to an end, and again he gets a fresh term. As he stated Money.pl, investigation extended until January 27, 2027. The erstwhile date expired on 27 July 2026. In November 2025, the National Prosecutor's Office was to inform that the proceedings were in fact in the final stage. But the end has not come.

It's not a insignificant case in the courtroom. According to a communication from the National Prosecutor's Office of 4 October 2024, allegations of fraud afraid the bringing of more than 5,000 victims to an adverse regulation with property, and the full amount of harm indicated by the prosecution was PLN 70 million. There was besides a charge of misappropriation of property in the form of alcoholic beverages worth over PLN 5 million. Later, according to Money.pl's findings, the list of charges increased to nine, with the latest thread intended to cover 145 investors and over 13 million PLN.

One prosecutor and 1 CBA officer

The cast scale hits the most. According to the answer of the National Prosecutor's Office described by Money.pl, from the beginning of the proceedings is handled by 1 prosecutor and 1 CBA officer. In the case of thousands of victims, tens of millions of zlotys and extended company facilities, this sounds like a description of a state that tells citizens patiently to wait for bureaucracy to catch up with reality itself.

The CBA stopped Palikot and his associates on October 3, 2024. specified cases show that The Central Anti-corruption Office remains 1 of the tools of the state with large money and public trust. However, the tool must act with adequate force. If this scale is actually based on specified a narrow band, the question is not whether the prosecutor is working. The question is, did the state give him real facilities?

Experts, time limits and expectations

Investigators are waiting for their second opinion. According to Money.pl, it is to be ready at the turn of September and October. It is only after that that further actions with suspects are to be possible, possible additions to the charges and referral of the indictment to court. It's a language of procedure. For the victims, it's just another period without answer.

We should be precise: Janusz Palikot is simply a suspect, not a convict. He's not pleading guilty. The indictment, according to publically known information, has not yet been brought to court. The presumption of innocence does not vanish due to the fact that the case is loud or concerns a well-known politician and businessman. But the presumption of innocence cannot be a veil for the state's chronicity. A citizen has the right to a fair trial, and the victim has the right to a smooth investigation of the truth.

Poles pay for weak institutions

Palikot has worked for years at the interface of politics, business, media and marketing. He was an MP, the face of the anti-cleric left, and then a symbol of a loud alcohol business financed besides by the trust of tiny investors. If thousands of people have put money into promises made by a well-known public figure, the state is required to explain the substance quickly, hard and without theatrical fog.

There's more at stake here than Palikot's name. It is about the safety of economical trade, protecting average people from aggressive marketing and trust in institutions. The Polish right rightly speaks of economical freedom, but the free marketplace does not mean a free American. The marketplace needs laws that defend honest people and prosecute abuse. Otherwise, the stronger media will always have an advantage over a family-saving citizen.

The state must deliver the final

In fresh years, the National Prosecutor's Office has conducted many cases of advanced political and social burden. The National diary described even that The National Prosecutor's Office sought to issue BOLOs on the Smolensk disaster. In the Palikot case, the test is different: little symbolic, more daily. Can the state defend people who believe in business promises?

If the investigation ends on 27 January 2027, it will be almost 2 years and 4 months since Palikot's arrest. That's a lot. besides much if there are thousands of victims and tens of millions of PLN. Poland needs institutions that do not show strength 1 day and then make citizens wait for years. The end of this case should be open, fair and swift. No revenge. No umbrella. The fact on the table.

Source: Money., National Prosecutor’s Office, Demagog.