Why are Polish politicians so bad at accepting bribes?

Miroslaw Drzewiecki is the latest in a long line of Polish politicians to be caught red handed...

The question is why do we routinely see them caught so easily with bundles of cash or taped phone calls?

Corruption is endemic in a fair proportion of the world, yet other folk seem to understand the rules.. off-shore bank accounts and no direct contacts...

Surely it isnt rocket science to take bungs!

Getting caught being bent isnt wrong, its plain stupid in the 21st Century..

well they weren't caught accepting bribes actually - but it is quite possible they did - however this is not the thing - the thing is they were reportedly but to some extent arguably working against the interests of the state


we should then be thankful to God we have such arrogant and at the same time ignorant politicians


this shows something has to be done about these too - say serious embargos enforced

Poland is deeply corrupt, anybody working close to public sector know it very well. This is unfortunately all-European thing, when bureaucrats have too much to say, corruption is unavoidable. Democratically elected politicians are mostly foolish thus often unable to get away with a crime but also relatively poor (lack of any achievements before entering politics), so they are willing to take almost every single banknote offered.


...and this interest of state comes against interest of Polish taxpayers. Anyway this situation is quite funny, I read somewhere that if you wish to witness how PO realize their political program (lower taxes) you must bribe their leadership. :)


So this is God the one who elected them? Should I thank you? :)


If you target bank secrecy to caught corrupt politicians, you also let the state to invigilate the rest of the society. This is not the way, the only way to reduce corruption is to reduce competences of bureaucratic apparatus.

to me the price seems a bargain

they are good at accepting bribes. and bad at getting caught.

I know, socialists (including PiS supporters) are always the first to sacrifice freedom in the name of some cause that they consider honourable. This is why they should be kept as far away from politics as possible.

Because they are very far from Switzerland.

the reason is in Poland they are called bribes in other country they called campaign contributions, all politicians are corrupted.

A large part of it stems from the indifference and acceptance of everyday Poles. They just shrug or make that high-pitch noise and turn a blind eye, flapping their arms.

If there were severe penalties, they'd think twice.

So a 10 year stretch for proven corruption could be an answer seanus...

Unfortunately corruption is a way of life here- visiting Govt offices for various legal paperwork is a good example... you are quoted 2 months or 2 days depending on how helpful you can be for them

Well, if the crime of bribery is waivered then you are encouraging all manner of people to do it. Politicians wheedle in all kinds of ways anyway. They can wheich your money and take a bribe for their daring ;)

How much did you offer them...? i find they won,t do very much for less than 20 zloty...

hahahah - that is good humour I say :)

Agree seanus . So a 5 year stretch for those soliciting bribery and those accepting.

Unfortunately difficult to prove beyond reasonable doubt-the legal defence teams would have a field day making up reasons why 2 guys so happened to be a room together with 200tys zl in an envelope.....

Wildrover is a sharp-witted man, still alive and kicking on the forum :)

if there is a will there is a way :):):)

be positive man

don't give in to doubts :) ;)

I ran into a politician in Poland. She wouldn't let me use the loo unless I greased her palm with a zloty, she was so insistent on it. It went against my morals, but I coughed up because it was urgent.