Who was the uninvited guest in the Sejm? net users want the railing back

angora24.pl 1 year ago

"Sorry, are you a parliamentarian or not? I realize that it is not, then delight leave the room" said Simon Holownia.

In consequence to the speaker's remarks, any Members began chanting “lobbyist, lobbyist”.

Under the Rules of Procedure, non-Members are not entitled to be present in the Chamber. The Marshal's defender intervened and asked a alien to show documents. It turned out to be Marek Wójcik, a erstwhile Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Administration and Digitization during the government of Ewa Kopacz.

There was speculation on social platforms about the identity of the mysterious individual and the reasons for its presence in the Sejm hall. The discussion was besides attended by erstwhile Minister of Digitization, Janusz Cieszynski.

Mr Marek Wójcik, erstwhile Deputy Minister of Administration and Digitization. good man.

— Janusz Cieszynski (@jciesz) December 7, 2023

In the last episode “Guest of Events” at Polsat News, Minister of Education and Science, Krzysztof Szczucki, referred to the case of an unidentified man. He described the phenomenon as “very disturbing”. He noted that for respective weeks now, lobbyists have been intensive in the Sejm to push for amendments.

Union of Polish Cities

Marek Wójcik never served as an MP. On 1 December 2014, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Administration and Digitization, where he was liable for legislative matters and relations with local governments. He resigned this function on August 4, 2015. He is presently a proxy for the board of directors of the Union of Polish Cities.

As we can read on the authoritative website of the organization, the Association of Polish Cities deals with helping Polish cities in the pursuit of social and economical development, promoting fresh methods of managing local communities. We work with different institutions, both public and private, to supply the cities with optimal conditions for better public service.

A letter of apology

Wójcik provided the Salon24 portal with a letter which he sent to Marshal Simon Holownia. In his letter, he explained that while leaving the Sejm building (part AB), he cut short his way to go to advanced Silesian Street, crossing the corridor behind the plenary area and entering it to say goodbye to the Members. He assured me that he was not a lobbyist and not registered as such. He added that he had been active in the legislative process for many years, taking part in many meetings of the Sejm and legislature committees, which was never a problem.

In his letter, Wójcik besides described that on his own initiative he contacted the commandant of the Marshal's Guard. He admitted that he was sorry about the situation and declared that he would follow the rules of residence in Parliament's buildings in the future.

No security?

According to any net users who do not support the actions of the current government majority, uninvited guests in the Sejm are the consequence of removing police barriers in front of the gathering building. The protective barriers were removed on the night from 13 to 14 November, as announced by Simon Holovnia.

The barriers were originally set on 16 December 2016, after a loud session of the Sejm, during which the budget for 2017. During the deliberations, many opposition MPs made a message to the Parliamentary talker not related to the subject. As a result, talker of the Sejm Marek Kuchciński decided to decision the deliberations from the Plenary Hall to the Column Hall, and MP of the Civic Platform Michał Szczerba was excluded from the meeting. About 200 opposition MPs did not participate in the vote.

In July 2021, a three-meter gate was added to the existing barriers, which blocked access to the Sejm from Górnośląska Street.

Removing barriers was a symbolic minute for politics and democracy in Poland.