Poland’s prosecutors have announced that they will refuse to question anyone for three days in November in protest against what say will be a dangerous level of under funding next year brought on by government cuts.Prosecutors will refuse to question suspects and witnesses between 16 to 19 November after cuts have left the prosecution service short of 20 million zloty (5 million euros) this year, with more expenditure cuts planned for 2011.
“During those days we will not be hearing suspects or witnesses,” Jacek Skała, vice president of the prosecutor’s trade union, told TVN 24 news station.
The cuts to prosecution service will amount to 80 million zloty in 2011 with a 20 million zloty hole in the budget for this year already threatening efficiency of the service, say legal workers.
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