Michał Szczerba (KO) noted in an interview with PAP that the three commissions are “only the beginning of the issues that require clarification.” Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz believes that “a committee should be established to investigate PiS scandals.” According to Radosław Fogel, this is about starting a political circus. According to him, “all ministers of the PiS government can sleep peacefully.”
On Wednesday, the KO Club submitted to the Sejm draft resolutions on the creation of investigative committees regarding the so-called visa scandal, Pegasus and the so-called envelope elections – Kacper Lawera from the KO Parliamentary Club news agency told PAP.
The first draft resolution submitted by the KO club regarding “the appointment of a commission of inquiry to investigate the legality, regularity and purposefulness of actions, as well as the prevention of abuses, negligence and omissions in the legalization of the stay of foreigners in the territory of the Republic of Poland in the period from January 1, 2019 to November 20, 2023.”
The second draft resolution aims to convene a “committee of inquiry to investigate the legality, regularity and purposefulness of the actions taken in preparation and implementation of the 2020 elections for the President of the Republic of Poland in the form of correspondence voting.”
A draft resolution was also tabled regarding the establishment of a “committee of inquiry to investigate the legality, regularity and purposefulness of operational and reconnaissance activities undertaken, among others: with the use of Pegasus software by members of the Council of Ministers, secret services, police, tax control and customs and budget control authorities in the period from November 16, 2015 to November 20, 2023
Each committee will consist of 11 members.
“Every issue needs to be clarified.”
Michał Szczerba (KO) noted in an interview with PAP that these three committees are just the beginning of the issues that need clarification.
The list of planned activities does not end here
– he announced.
Envelope elections were illegal and huge amounts of money were spent – at least 70 million PLN. There have also been notifications from the Supreme Court to law enforcement agencies on this issue. However, it appears that those responsible for these abuses remain unpunished
– he emphasized.
This concerns voting in the 2020 presidential elections, which were to take place by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Szczerba pointed out that the committee’s activities will be aimed at providing the public with answers to all questions that have remained unexplained so far.
We want to discover how decisions were made, who really led this criminal group and why public funds were spent without appropriate legal acts – to put it bluntly – to illegally take over the powers of the National Electoral Commission.
– he said.
When asked whether the Commission of Inquiry into Envelope Elections was the most important of the three Commissions of Inquiry, he said that in his opinion they were all equally important.
In the case of the first, we have the most knowledge due to the time distance, because we are talking about 2020. Hence the decision to name this one first. There is no gradation as to which scam was more disgusting. Each case must be clarified because previously there were no legal and institutional instruments to clarify it in a situation of politicization of the public prosecutor’s office, the services, but also the official corps.
– he said.
“Each has its own interest and its own need.
PSL president Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz admitted in an interview with PAP that every committee is important.
Each has its own interest and its own need
– added.
I believe that the Special Services Commission (Pegasusa-PAP) should have investigative powers during this term or that a permanent investigative commission under the proud name of +Law and Justice+ should be established to investigate PiS scandals.
— assessed and found that the three cases the committees would deal with were not the only ones.
According to Krzysztof Śmiszek (left wing), “there is no greater violation of public order by a government official, such as Prime Minister Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Sasin, than making decisions arbitrarily, that is, without legal authorization.”
This is said not only by politicians, but also by administrative courts. The Prime Minister made a decision without legal basis – there was no law, but decisions had already been made
— Śmiszek told PAP.
Another issue that needs to be explored, he said, is the financing of envelope elections.
We are dealing with the expenditure of enormous amounts of money, tens of millions of zlotys, which in my opinion have been wasted.
– he explained.
Śmiszek recalled that he himself had repeatedly tried to explain the irregularities associated with envelope elections, and that the Supreme Court had dealt with the case at his request.
Together with MP Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (left), I tried to conduct a parliamentary inspection of the company that made election packages – we were not allowed to go there. I also intervened with the President of the Sejm, who unfortunately did nothing to enable the member of the Sejm to carry out his mandate. Finally, at my request, the Supreme Court addressed the envelope elections and explained the issue of spending such a huge sum of money.
– he pointed out.
He added that in his opinion this is one of the biggest state scandals in recent years.
These elections concerned the functioning of the state. One of the biggest tasks of a democratic state is to conduct elections – in this case presidential elections – in accordance with regulations and norms. A massive fraud and violation has occurred
– he emphasized.
Michał Gramatyka from Poland 2050 said in an interview with PAP that “envelope elections are an incredible, multi-faceted scandal.” He pointed out that the violation of the privacy of Polish women and men deserves special attention.
Without any legal permission, the commercial company, Poczta Polska, obtained data from the PESEL database of all Polish women and men so that it could prepare for the elections. Moreover, the head of the Office for the Protection of Personal Data stated that there was no controversy about it
– he emphasized in an interview with PAP. He added that all these aspects should be investigated by a commission of inquiry.
““It’s also about organizing the Olympic Games in Poland.”
Radosław Fogiel (PiS), in turn, emphasized that investigative committees should be appointed in situations that state authorities cannot deal with.
This is not the case in any of these cases, so the purpose of setting up these committees is clear: to divert attention from the debate over plans to change the EU treaties. The idea is also to create games in Poland that would disguise this embarrassing practice of passing on declarations by individual members of the parliamentary majority that they do not intend to keep their election promises.
– he declared.
He added that the idea was to start a political circus and emphasized that all ministers of the PiS government could sleep peacefully because they were acting for Poland and within the law.
“This matter has been clarified many times.”
Jacek Sasin, the minister of state assets, expressed a similar tone on Wednesday when asked about the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the so-called envelope elections and replied that he had nothing to hide.
This issue has been clarified many times. The Supreme Court of Audit has also drawn up a report. If the opposition needs to investigate the matter further, please do so. I have nothing to hide. I am happy to answer all questions
– stated Sasin.
All actions – both mine and those of other authorities in this matter, but also of the entities involved in the companies of the Ministry of Finance – were carried out in accordance with the applicable law, but above all in the constitutional interest. After all, the point was to hold elections within constitutional deadlines in an unprecedented situation, namely the coronavirus pandemic, something that has never happened in Poland’s recent history.
– added the head of MAP.
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Source: wPolityce