Head of Gorilla corruption case steps down

Proving historic corruption is terribly complicated and it is practically impossible to prove some things, said Marek Gajdoš, the former head of the investigating team that has been dealing with the Gorilla files for five years, after meeting with President Andrej Kiska. The majority of the information from the files, according to Gajdoš, has been confirmed, but not everything. At present, Gajdoš, who is retiring to civilian life, is compiling the results of the investigation thus-far, which he wants to hand over to his successor. According to the president's spokesman, Roman Krpelan, President Andrej Kiska invited Gajdoš to meet in order to ask him why he was resigning from his post. The Gorilla scandal involves politicians, officials and business operators discussing kickbacks in a wiretapped apartment in return for procurement and privatisation contracts during the second government of former Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda (2002-06). These include the current prime minister Robert Fico, who allegedly visited the apartment on Vazovova Street in Bratislava.