Although Law and Justice parliamentarians clearly emphasize that Monika Pawłowska has no chance of joining the club and that her mandate is illegal, the politician stated in WP.pl’s “Tłit” program that she is “working very hard to will strive to be admitted.” “I think I am a future Law and Justice MP.”
On Tuesday evening, Monitor Polski published the decision of Sejm Speaker Szymon Hołownia to fill Monika Pawłowska’s vacant parliamentary seat due to the expiration of Mariusz Kamiński’s mandate.
Due to the fact that yesterday I visited Marshal Hołownia on an obvious issue, I think I am a future Law and Justice MP
– Monika Pawłowska announced this on Wednesday in the program “Tłit” wp.pl when she was asked how she should be addressed now.
When asked whether she also wants to become an MP for the PiS club, she answers: “I don’t know yet.”
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““Illegal mandate”
The host pointed out that PiS spokesperson Rafał Bochenek ruled on Tuesday that Pawłowska accepted an illegal mandate and that PiS cannot admit her to its parliamentary club.
Ms Monika Pawłowska accepted the 461st illegal mandate – a mandate that does not exist de facto and de jure (see Article 96 of the Constitution). That is why we as PiS cannot include her in our parliamentary club
– wrote on the X platform.
I am counting on it and will strive very hard to be accepted into the Law and Justice club
– said Pawlowska. When asked if she knew this wouldn’t happen, she emphasized that she “wouldn’t exaggerate at this point.”
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“No one has contacted me”
She also added that she “sees no reasons for now” to be expelled from the party.
No one has contacted me about excluding me or not accepting me into the club, nor about excluding me from the party.
– she said.
She added that she is “not a party to the dispute” over whether Mariusz Kamiński is a member of parliament.
Pawłowska previously announced that he would not consider joining any parliamentary club other than PiS.
If my club does not agree to me becoming a member, I will become a non-affiliated MP
– she said.
The case of Kamiński and Wąsik
On December 20, 2023, the Warsaw District Court sentenced Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik to two years in prison for exceeding their powers in the so-called 2007 land scandal. A day later, the Chairman of the Sejm issued a decision to suspend the mandates of to allow both PiS MPs to expire.
Both appealed the marshal’s decision to terminate their mandates. The Marshal of the Sejm referred these appeals to the Chamber of Labor and Social Security of the Supreme Court.
However, the judge assigned to the case of Wąsik’s dismissal at the Chamber of Labor issued a decision transferring the case to the Chamber of Extraordinary Control, overturning the Marshal’s decision to dismiss Wąsik’s mandate walk, was destroyed. A day later, this chamber withdrew the decision to expire Kamiński’s mandate. This was possible because both politicians, regardless of their appeals submitted to the Chamber of Labor through the Marshal, had also submitted their appeals directly to the Chamber of Control – the competent authority for this matter.
In turn, the Chamber of Labor and Social Security, which rejected Kamiński’s appeal sent there by the Speaker of the Sejm, did not accept it on January 10. On the same day, the decision of the Chairman of the Sejm on the expiry of Mariusz Kamiński’s mandate was published in Monitor Polski.
Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia has repeatedly said that Kamiński and Wąsik are no longer parliamentarians. Law and Justice politicians have a different view. In early February, Hołownia prevented MPs Kamiński and Wąsik from entering the parliament building. Before the Sejm, the barriers returned, despite the Marshal’s statement.
Monika Pawłowska obtained a mandate as a 9th-term member of the Sejm and stood on the list of the Democratic Left Alliance on behalf of the Wiosna Party. Afterwards she was vice-president of the left-wing parliamentary club. In March 2021, she left the Wiosna club and party, joining Jarosław Gowin’s agreement and becoming a non-affiliated MP. In September 2021, she left Porozumienie and the next day she announced that she would join the PiS club and subsequently join this party. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, she stood as a candidate for the PiS lists and received 10,789 votes.
Why is Pawłowska’s mandate illegal?
On the website wPolityce.pl, editor Wojciech Biedroń describes in detail why Monika Pawłowska cannot take over the seat of MP Mariusz Kamiński.
In the case of Kamiński’s immunity, there is another important argument that refutes Szymon Hołownia’s claims. This is where refreshing your memory comes in handy. The decision of the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court regarding MP Kamiński was taken before the decision of the Chamber of Labor and Social Security. Therefore, the initiative of the Chamber of Labor, which recognized Hołownia’s decision to terminate Kamiński’s mandate as valid, was released in the so-called conditions of disability
– points out the journalist.
In turn, PiS MP Marek Ast told the wPolityce.pl portal yesterday:
The entire PiS club believes that the mandates of Marusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik have not expired. They are still parliamentarians and have valid mandates and immunities. They must be able to perform parliamentary duties. We consider Marshal Hołownia’s actions as illegal and without legal basis in the context of the judgment of the Supreme Court and the Chamber of Extraordinary Control.
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So the question arises whether Monika Pawłowska really understands her situation.
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Source: wPolityce