Woś and Sovereign Poland File Prosecution Complaints Over Prosecutorial Actions
Members of Sovereign Poland submitted notices to the Prosecutor General alleging crimes by prosecutors led by Adam Bodnar, with Michał Woś, a party MP and former Deputy Minister of Justice, reporting the matter to the Sejm.
On the upcoming Wednesday, the parliamentary rules committee will review a request from the national prosecutor to allow charges against the former deputy head of the Ministry of Justice, a Sovereign Poland politician aligned with the PiS bloc. The request concerns, among other points, the use of funds from the Justice Fund to purchase Pegasus software.
Woś contends that the inquiry would strike a heavy blow to Attorney General Bodnar, to the new group of prosecutors, and to the current administration, which he says uses the prosecution service for political attacks on the opposition.
Woś: Key information has been withheld
Woś explained that Sovereign Poland had filed a report accusing Bodnar and the First Deputy Attorney General Dariusz Korneluk of a crime, along with members of the investigative team at the National Prosecutor’s Office, including Marzena Kowalska, Piotr Woźniak, Marcin Wielgomas, and Ryszard Pękała. This team had previously requested Sejm consent to lift Woś’s immunity.
They allege that the CBA obtained a financial advantage through public funds and that this was done at the expense of the public interest.
– Woś stated.
According to him, the Sovereign Poland filing argues that prosecutors exceeded their powers and that key facts were hidden from Sejm oversight. The team is accused of relying on a narrow interpretation of funding rules for the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), while omitting other possible sources of financing.
Woś noted there exists a legal opinion from the Supreme Audit Office that challenges the narrow view and indicates that alternative funding channels may be permissible under certain conditions. He suggested this opinion was known to key figures and implies an attempt to mislead the Sejm.
He asserted that the opinion, prepared by the Legal and Audit Jurisprudence Department, likely at the request of an earlier Supreme Court administrator, was not disclosed in the petition for immunity waiver.
– He added.
Woś highlighted a fragment of that opinion regarding Article 4(1) of the CBA law, which addresses financing but does not say financing is exclusive to the state budget. He argued that this nuance should have been considered in the immunity discussion.
He argued that NIK and its representatives were aware of this nuance when initiating the political dispute and that the accusation rests on a mistaken premise, amounting to an abuse of rights and power.
Woś also pushed for information about offenses connected to Pegasus software usage since 2017. He claimed the request would cover hundreds of individuals, including murder suspects and organized crime figures, and noted a shift in enforcement capabilities after 2017 for encrypted communications monitoring.
He stated he had not received a response from Bodnar and that he had a meeting with the presidential chancellery about informing public opinion and political chambers about potential public interest damage from state instruments used against criminals.
Motion to Waive Immunity
The immunity-waiver proposal against Woś was submitted to the Sejm late in May. It relates to an ongoing inquiry by the National Public Prosecutor’s Office into Pegasus-like software purchases from the Justice Fund as well as the broader use of public funds for Pegasus licensing.
During 2017-2018, Woś served as deputy head of the Ministry of Justice in the United Right government and acted as administrator of the Justice Fund with authority from the then Justice Minister. In September 2017, he asked the Ministry of Finance to adjust the Justice Fund’s financial plan, and PLN 25 million was moved to the CBA to procure Pegasus software.
The Rules, Parliamentary Affairs and Immunity Committee will review the case and prepare a report with a recommendation to approve or reject the immunity waiver. The Sejm must decide by an absolute majority; failing to reach that majority results in a resolution not to grant criminal liability.
Woś: Accountability Will Come
Woś announced his findings on an X platform post, framing the allegations as a political maneuver by allied prosecutors. He argued that the charge builds on a misinterpretation of the CBA financing rules and emphasized that the state fund could be involved in financing if permitted under applicable laws.
He cited the 2018 Supreme Audit Office opinion that, if other laws allowed funding from a target fund, it would be allowed. He asserted this opinion was part of the case files but was not disclosed to Sejm during the immunity discussion.
– Woś concluded that the investigation appears politically motivated and that the truth will emerge, with those responsible eventually facing accountability for attempts to politicize the prosecution.
He stressed that the pursuit is tied to broader political timing ahead of local and European elections, and he pledged to pursue clarity and fairness in the process.
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Source: wPolityce