afera gruntowa
English translation: Land Affair
| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 10:51 Sep 27, 2017 |
| Polish to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Government / Politics / Polish politics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
|  Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 06:29 | ||||||
Grading comment
| |||||||
| Summary of answers provided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | the (so-called) Land Scandal |
| ||
| 3 | Land Affair |
|
Answers
8 mins confidence: 
Land Affair Explanation: Propozycja. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2017-09-27 11:00:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- On November 16, 2015, basing on Art. 139 of the Constitution of Poland, Duda pardoned former Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA) head Mariusz Kamiński and three CBA officers convicted by a court of 1st instance in the so-called Land Affair (Afera gruntowa),[19] marking the first pardon granted by a president before reaching a final verdict.[20] According to some lawyers (including professors Jan Zimmermann – Andrzej Duda's doctorate promoter, Leszek Kubicki – former Minister of Justice and Andrzej Zoll – former president of the Constitutional Tribunal) Duda has breached the Constitution of Poland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Duda -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2017-09-27 11:03:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Mariusz Kamiński, the former head of the CBA, and his onetime deputy Maciej Wąsik, were awaiting trial at year’s end for allegedly entrapping politicians from the populist Self-Defense party in a famous 2007 bribery investigation known as the “land affair” (afera gruntowa). https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2013/poland ccccccccccccccccccccccc Mr Kamiński (pictured right) was convicted of abuse of power in March this year, sentenced to three years in jail, and banned from holding public office for ten years. He and three others from Poland’s Anti Corruption Bureau (CBA) were found guilty in connection with the payment of bribes while investigating the “Land Affair’ (Afera Gruntowa) in 2007. http://inside-poland.com/t/polands-jailed-anti-corruption-bo... |
| |
Grading comment
| ||
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
9 mins confidence:
the (so-called) Land Scandal Explanation: Former Polish anti-corruption boss jailed for abuse of power | The Krakow Post Krakow Post › 2015/03 › former-polish-... Mar 31, 2015 - The 'Land Scandal' (afera gruntowa) broke in 2007, and led to the sacking of then deputy prime minister and ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2017-09-27 11:05:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Poland | Country report | Nations in Transit | 2016 - Freedom House Freedom House › report › poland In March 2015, the Warsaw-Śródmieście Regional Court convicted them of abuse of power in connection with the <b->so-called land scandal ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2017-09-27 11:07:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Functioning of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau – a Polish example of how not ... LinkedIn › pulse › functioning-central-a... Oct 5, 2016 - The case called “the land scandal” opens the topic of the political .... EU Anti-Corruption Report, Annex 21 Poland, p. |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.
You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
See also:
Search millions of term translations