Valruzia

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Ignacy Zelazny sentenced to life prison

Top court issues verdict for the 5627 coup perpetrators

July 5628

Ignacy Zelazny during his declaration at his trial

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Valruzian top court has issued today its verdict in regards of the main perpetrators of the 5627 Valruzian coup attempt. The court has moved quickly and swiftly to determine a final resolution for this case as to not to interfere with the Presidential elections that shall take place next year and that, in case of a non-guilty verdict, Mr. Zelazny was supposed to run.

Not anymore though. The court has sentenced Ignacy Zelazny - along with Juliusz Strzele and Waldemar Falkowski, the main military officers behind the attempted coup - to life imprisonment under the grounds of conspiracy and attempt to subvert the constitutional order. The court has also barred the three of them from running for political office for life, and has stripped down all the honors received by the now former militaries.

Zelazny, 34, was seen as a young promising rising star in the new Valruzian political landscape as head of the National Salvation party, who gained support from the most conservative faction of the population. Now, he sees all his dreams shattered as he is heading to a prison in Valusia, where he will have to spend the rest of his lifetime for his decision to collaborate with the coup perpetrators.

The other military personnel involved in the attempted coup have all received a 15-year prison sentence, and the four other deputies of National Salvation suspected of having collaborated with the coup have seen their rights as deputies stripped down and now have been sentenced to 10-year prison sentence each.

However, one of the main questions was whether the courts would ban the National Salvation party, an extent the Court has deemed not necessary since it believes the involvement of some of its members "does not represent the position of its members as a whole", as its other deputies have been quick in condemn the actions of their former partners and have never made any declaration in support of the Morawski regime - at least while they have been serving as deputies. Therefore, the National Salvation party is now in the search of a new candidate to present to the presidential elections, although it is unclear if they can find anyone suitable and above all, how will the population receive this candidacy.

And when is the time for Morawski and Strzelczyk?

The population, however, is eager to know when will the trials of former Head of the Valruzian Unitary State and its prime minister, Szczepan Morawski and Celestyn Strzelczyk take place. Being already almost 5 years since Morawski's arrest, some of the population start to grow impatient as they seek justice and reparations for all the damages done by his dictatorship.

The family of Robert Obrzut, whose death sparked the whole revolution that ended up overthrowing Morawki's dictatorship, has appeared before TV to demand the trial "to move forward once and for all" and to hold those detainees "responsible for all his crimes against humanity and against the nation".