The police entered the Presidential Palace and arrested Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik who were there! This information was confirmed to us by the representative of Wąsik, as well as by the spokesperson of the police headquarters, junior inspector. Katarzyna Nowak. The former ministers were then transferred to the Warsaw VII District Police Station in ul. Grenadiers.
As we learned unofficially, the police took advantage of the fact that President Andrzej Duda was at the Belvedere Palace for a meeting with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
According to our information, the SOP management has received an order from the Ministry of the Interior and Administration. Police officers entered from the National Security Bureau, during the president’s absence, then went to the palace and arrested them in one of the offices. There was a great commotion, the former ministers were taken away in front of a dozen people!
With reference to the previous message, we would like to inform you that in accordance with the court order, the persons to whom the instructions referred have been arrested
– reported the Warsaw police on website X.
Detained as per court order
– wrote shortly after these reports the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Czesław Mroczek.
Everyone is equal before the law
– wrote the head of the ministry, Marcin Kierwiński.
Former ministers at the police station in ul. Grenadiers
According to media information, after being detained in the Presidential Palace, Wąsik and Kamiński were taken by officers to the Warsaw VII District Police Station at ul. Grenadierów 73/75. This was confirmed by the representative of MP Maciej Wąsik, who was present at the scene and spoke to a reporter from TV Republika.
I had the opportunity to meet the MP. The MP is currently in detention, staying in the KRP VII area of Warsaw’s Grenadier District. Documentation related to the detention is currently being prepared, and then the MP will be transported to Warszawa-Grochów prison.
– said lawyer Janusz Woźnicki.
Currently, both MPs are staying in the premises of the 7th District Police Station
– said the representative.
Kamiński and Wąsik are the president’s guests
Former ministers Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were invited by President Andrzej Duda to the appointment ceremony of new advisers on Tuesday. On the same day, Warsaw police confirmed that they had received documents from the court ordering them to arrest both politicians.
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