WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the recording of a private conversation between the country’s interior minister and the head of the central bank that was later published by a magazine.
In the recording, the two discussed how the National Bank of Poland could help the government increase its chances of winning re-election in 2015. The central bank is supposed to be independent from the government and interference either way is prohibited.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the secret bugging, a criminal offense in Poland, amounts to an attempted coup.
Renata Mazur, a spokeswoman for the Warsaw prosecutors, said Tuesday the probe was opened at the request of Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, who acted in the capacity of a victim.
The magazine, Wprost, had no immediate comment.
