In a tense political moment, the rotating marshal of the Sejm decided to sanction seven PiS MPs who had backed attempts to bring into the Sejm two lawmakers, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, a move Hołownia opposed by blocking their entry. During a press conference, the president of Law and Justice, Jarosław Kaczyński, was asked to weigh in, and he asserted that the idea of a planned assault or a premeditated attack surrounding the incident was entirely unfounded.
Hołownia blocked access to the Sejm for the seven PiS MPs
The discussion highlighted a dispute over legitimacy. While Kamiński and Wąsik, according to the Supreme Court’s opinion in the chamber that invalidated the October 2023 parliamentary elections, remain lawmakers with active mandates, Hołownia nevertheless refused to admit them to the parliamentary building. In a broader move, Hołownia said the sanctioned MPs had acted to influence events and that others, who supported Kamiński and Wąsik, faced penalties for actions described as pulling, pushing, or even restraining the Guard officers guarding the Sejm. The situation underscored a clash between procedural rights and executive decisions in a highly charged political environment.
The Chancellery of the Sejm released video fragments to journalists, showing moments related to the punished PiS MPs, which added fuel to the ongoing debate about procedure, power, and accountability inside the parliamentary complex.
The PiS president speaks on the matter
Jarosław Kaczyński spoke to reporters, offering his perspective on the events and the response from his party. He recounted the sequence of actions and emphasized that the narrative of an organized attack was not supported by the available evidence, underscoring that the events were not the product of a planned assault but rather a spontaneous series of incidents that unfolded in the moment. He described efforts to obtain a formal statement from the head of the Marshal’s Guard, hoping this would clarify the guiding orders behind the decision to deny entry and bring the matter into sharper focus as an evidentiary issue. The president stressed that the accounts suggesting a conspiracy were not accurate.
As part of the dialogue, the PiS leader noted that the situation was not planned, and that the ensuing media and political discussions had, in his view, taken on a life of their own, complicating the interpretation of the events. The remarks framed the episode as a contested moment of parliamentary procedure and security at the Sejm, rather than a prearranged confrontation. The emphasis remained on obtaining official clarification and ensuring that the recorded facts would guide subsequent actions.
In closing, the PiS president reiterated that the depiction of a deliberate attack had no basis in the facts as they stood at the time, and he called for calm and a careful review of the official records to prevent misrepresentation of the incident in future reporting.
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Source: wPolityce