NEWS

20/02/2024

15:35

Hołownia Announces Financial Penalties for 7 PiS MPs

Michał Olech

The identification of participants in these events leaves no doubt in my assessment. The Marshal's Guard has identified seven MPs from PiS, who, as evidenced by video material which we have watched, and I have seen it, clearly grabbed, pushed, and in some cases, choked the Marshal's guards – stated Szymon Hołownia at a press briefing in the Sejm.

Such behaviour should never have happened. And I hope it will not happen in the Sejm, but the Sejm must also draw very clear and concrete conclusions from such situations. In relation to these 7 MPs, under Article 22b of the Sejm's Rules of Procedure, I have stated and will repeat this today at the Sejm Presidium, because that is the formal requirement [that they flagrantly violated peace or order]. In my assessment, such a violation has occurred, and the Sejm Presidium will decide on the financial penalties that will be imposed on these 7 MPs. I will personally recommend to the Presidium the maximum possible penalty provided for by the next article of the Sejm's Rules of Procedure. This is the deprivation of half of the MP's salary or the entire MP's allowance for a period of 3 months – he continued.

I will recommend to the Presidium and vote for the deprivation of all 7 participants in these incidents of their MP's allowance for a period of 3 months. This concerns MPs Siarka, Dziedziczak, Macierewicz, Bogucki, Gosiewska, Polaczek, and Sójka – added the Marshal of the Sejm.


Michał Olech