Józef Pinior, who is a legend of Solidarity, will not be arrested. District court in Poznań did not take into account the prosecution’s  complaint, who requested the 3 months arrest. The judge however considered possible the likelihood of corruption offences in that case. Three judges were unanimous. The defender highlights, that the main objective of the prosecution was the arrest itself.

Pinior in court was accompanied by dozens of members of KOD (The Committee for the Defence of Democracy), former members of democratic oppositions – i.a. Henryk Wujec, Danuta Kuroń, Paula Sawicka (head of the Program Board of Association Against Anti-Semitism And Xenophobia Open Republic), Mieczysław Grudziński, and members of the Theatre of the Eighth Day with Ewa Wójciak, prof. Anna Wolff-Powęska. All of them had the stickers on their clothes: “Pinior today, You tumorrow”.

Danuta Kuroń has submitted to the court over 300 registered guarantees for Pinior, signed i.a. by prof. Maria Janion, prof. Andrzej Friszke, Danuta Wałęsowa, prof. Jerzy Jedlicki (honorary chairman of the Program Board of our assoctiation, Zbigniew Janas, Helena Łuczywo, Wiktor Osiatyński, Aleksander Smolar, Eugeniusz Smolar and the members of the Management and Program Board of Open Republic.