There will be a lot of noise, there will be outrage in the media, but nothing will come of it – Kukiz’15 leader Paweł Kukiz told PAP about plans to create investigative committees. Kukiz added that he would be interested in participating in the wiretapping committee’s work; he recalled that in 2020 – together with the then opposition – he had requested the creation of such a committee.
On Wednesday evening, the Civic Coalition submitted three draft resolutions to the Chairman of the Sejm on the creation of parliamentary investigative committees: on the so-called visa scandal, Pegasus and the so-called Envelope Elections 2020. The drafts appeared on the parliamentary websites on Thursday; received form numbers and were submitted to the first reading during the Sejm session. Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia said at the Thursday conference that the first reading of these bills is scheduled for Tuesday during the Sejm session.
When asked about plans to establish investigative committees, Paweł Kukiz admitted that he “expects a scenario like the one we have faced since the so-called political transformation.”
The scenario is simple: it predicts a lot of noise, there will be shouts in the media that there are committees, people’s attention will be focused on them to distract them from things like the economy and things that may not necessarily be good for the new government, but of course nothing will happen, this will not work
– he said.
Especially if there were any irregularities, the outgoing team – which has various types of instruments at its disposal – has sufficient information about the irregularities of the previous team from eight years ago to have such discussions behind the scenes so that no one is punished. Maybe they will find one victim if there is an irregularity
– said the politician.
In Poland, with the consent of the people, there is an unwritten rule: “we don’t do anything to you, you don’t do anything to us”
– he said.
According to Kukiz, “as long as referendums are mediated by politicians, not citizens, and as long as parties have a monopoly on nominating candidates for the Sejm, the principle ‘we don’t care about you, you don’t care about us’ applies. ‘ will continue to function until fundamental changes are made to the political system.”
The politician also recalled that on February 10, 2020, he submitted a motion to create a parliamentary investigative committee on oversight, whose activities should cover the years 2005-2021. The application was then signed by representatives of clubs and opposition groups. At a joint conference they declared that they would support Kukiz’s candidacy for chairman of the committee.
Kukiz also admitted that he would enter into discussions about participating in the future investigation committee for Pegasus.
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Source: wPolityce
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