At a hearing before the Pegasus Commission of Inquiry, Michał Woś, a Member of Parliament with Sovereign Poland and a former Deputy Minister of Justice, faced questions about his conduct and timing. The session opened with reports that security services had entered his room in the parliamentary hotel that morning and secured a laptop containing notes relevant to the day’s proceedings. The committee then moved to address a different matter: whether Woś should face a disciplinary penalty for arriving late. He requested that the judgment be struck down and explained his side of the timeline.
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The committee voted on the proposal to impose a fine
When the investigative committee resumed its discussions after Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski’s testimony, chair Magdalena Sroka noted that Michał Woś did not appear at the scheduled meeting. The procedural questions continued as the panel determined how to proceed.
The facilitator opened the floor for the next witness, Mr. Michał Woś, and reminded the committee that the first witness’s examination had been extended. It was indicated that the Minister, who was due to testify, had not shown up either. The chair proposed consulting experts to assess whether the session should be adjourned and whether a fine should be issued for a failure to attend on the scheduled date.
– she stated.
Katarzyna Legar, representing the committee’s experts, advised lodging a formal court request for punishment due to the failure to appear.
Chair Sroka submitted the punishment proposal to a vote, and it passed. MP Trela requested that Woś be summoned again for the following meeting of the investigative committee.
Voicing strong criticism, a party ally described Woś’s behavior as scandalous and argued that he had made public statements while in the committee’s sight. The critic claimed Woś had signed documents from 2017 revealing his awareness of how funds from the Justice Fund were moved, and accused Woś of arrogance in his current stance.
– he asserted.
Woś: I showed up at 12 o’clock
Woś later appeared at the committee and insisted that he had arrived at the agreed time. He requested that the bid to punish him be withdrawn, saying the record did not reflect the actual timing.
“I came in at 12 noon. I was told by the committee secretary that there was a delay and that I should be present around 12:40, which I complied with,” Woś explained. “I therefore ask that this unjustified disciplinary action be waived.”
– he added.
The discussion drew commentary from Wojciech Biedroń, a journalist associated with wPolityce.pl, Telewizja wPolsce, and the weekly magazine “Sieci.”
— Will the Warsaw court weigh in on the question of punishing a witness for a delay? — he mused on the X platform, noting the session as a potentially defining moment for how such issues are handled.
MP Sebastian Łukaszewicz, another member of the committee, provided his view on the late arrival, suggesting the delay was minor yet noteworthy for the record.
The committee, led by Magdalena Sroka, opted to impose a penalty on Michał Woś for his alleged absence. Meanwhile, Woś had already appeared, taken an oath, and moved on with his testimony. Some critics argued that the committee’s authority was being tested, pointing to the perceived delay as a matter of procedure and questioning the real impact of the action. One participant described the delay as a result of interference by Bodnar’s associates, calling the situation a matter of Belarusian standards.
– an opposing voice remarked.
I search Woś’s room
Attention then shifted to the broader context: yesterday, security services reportedly searched the offices and residences of several Sovereign Poland lawmakers in connection with the Justice Fund investigations. The searches touched on a former justice minister and other former deputies in the justice system. The former head of the Ministry of Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, who was reported to be seriously ill, was also involved in the action. Woś’s parliamentary room and his apartment were among the locations affected by the searches.
The latest updates included a statement from Mariusz Gosek, another Sovereign Poland MP, who announced on X that the services had searched Woś’s room in the parliamentary hotel. Woś stressed that only a single item had been secured—his laptop, which contained notes for the hearing and did not relate to the Justice Fund matter.
“What was secured today was a laptop with notes for the meeting, nothing more,” Woś stated to reporters.
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Source: wPolityce