In the wake of the arrests of Maciej Wąsik and Mariusz Kamiński, what stands out most is how quickly the court and police moved. Reports from wPolityce.pl indicate that a detention order for the two MPs was issued by the court and that the decision was delivered to the police yesterday. Officers were summoned directly to the Warsaw-Śródmieście District Court, and the transfer occurred on the spot.
The same outlet notes that the judge who authorized the actions against Kamiński and Wąsik is now being scrutinized for a decision in which a ministerial associate appeared to avoid penalties after an encounter with law enforcement.
Early this morning, officials from the police and the Ministry of the Interior and Administration argued that the court’s ruling had not yet been communicated to officers. Yet information suggests the court’s decision was already in police hands by the evening of January 8, and the sequence from issuing the order to delivering it to officers reportedly unfolded within a matter of hours.
The police arrived at the courthouse to receive the ruling inside the secretariat. While these steps were lawful, observers noted an unusually swift procedure overall. A source familiar with yesterday’s court and police operation described the rapid sequence as a sign of exceptional urgency by the court to enforce the ruling.
Beyond the mere disclosure of the decree, discussions since yesterday hinted at efforts to appoint a judge at the Warsaw-Śródmieście District Court. The selection of a judge on that day appeared aimed at closing the case quickly, and, in the observer’s view, the objective was achieved.
According to findings from wPolityce.pl, today Marshal Szymon Hołownia is expected to receive resolutions from the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs concerning both parliamentarians tied to Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik. It is recalled that last week this body overturned Hołownia’s earlier decisions to terminate the mandates of former PiS ministers. It is anticipated that the decisions will be pronounced by the lawyers representing Wąsik and Kamiński. [Source: wPolityce.pl]