Software for consent by Sejm to carry felony fees in opposition to a Member of Parliament Michał Woś submitted Nationwide Prosecutor.
Movement to waive immunity is accepted by an absolute majority of votes statutory variety of deputies. It voted 439 MPs. It was too 240in opposition to 1927 abstained. Absolutely the majority is 231 votes.
Woś’s request earlier than the vote
Woś He requested earlier than the vote that marshalSzymon Hołownia of the Sejm gave him the ground. The Speaker emphasised that, in accordance with the rules, Woś spoke within the Sejm when the report of the rules, parliamentary affairs and immunity committee was introduced.
Some MPs from the fitting facet of the room chanted: “Michał Woś, Michał Woś.”
The rules committee helps the lifting of Woś’s immunity
Guidelines Committee she supported the lifting of immunity The Wosi and pulling him to felony legal responsibility.
On Wednesday on the assembly of the rules committee Marcin Wielgomasprosecutor of the Regional Prosecutor’s Workplace in Warsaw, presenting movement to waive Wosi’s immunity mentioned that “one of many points within the proceedings was the problem of spending funds on buy of Pegasus software program By CBA“. “As a part of this process, the outcomes of the Supreme Audit Workplace’s audit of the Justice Fund, which assessed the spending of those funds, have been obtained,” the prosecutor reported.
Movement to carry Woś criminally liable
Nationwide Prosecutor directed to Sejm utility for consent to carry an motionWoś’s felony legal responsibility on the finish of Might. It’s linked with the investigation into the spending of cash on buy of Pegasus kind software program from funds Fthe soul of Justicein addition to public funds for the acquisition of a license to make use of Pegasus.
Spending cash from the Justice Fund
Wielgomas emphasised that primarily based on this proof it was established that after the introduction adjustments within the Penal Code government w 2017 r.{the catalogue} of spending prospects has been expanded Justice Fund. He recalled that “the adoption of this modification additionally resulted within the issuance of a brand new regulation concerning the Justice Fund in 2017, which allowed for funds from the Justice Fund to be transferred outdoors the competitors in justified circumstances.”
“As established, instantly after the modification to the Prison Code got here into drive and earlier than the regulation of the Minister of Justice got here into drive, various actions have been taken associated to the expenditure of funds from the Fund for the acquisition of particular technical means by the CBA,” the prosecutor knowledgeable.
Wielgomas he added that “NIK discovered that these funds have been spent incorrectly”. He emphasised that “the NIK findings largely represent the idea for the accusation that was formulated within the content material inutility to raise Woś’s immunity“.
Prosecutor’s workplace on abuse of powers
He added that within the evaluation prosecutor’s workplace it got here to exceeding powers and failure to fulfil obligationsas a result of Article 4, part 1 of the Central Anticorruption Bureau Act signifies that this particular service is financed from the state finances. Wielgomas he mentioned it was primarily based on preparations NIK it additionally seems that “the Minister of Justice and the Central Anticorruption Bureau are entities that represented Treasury and so they couldn’t conclude such an settlement with one another”. He emphasised that in accordance with artwork. 11 of the Public Finance ActCBA couldn’t settle for the quantity 25 million PLN.
Indication that Woś misled
At Thursday’s assembly Sejm rapporteur of the principles committee Tomasz Głogowski (KO) assessed that “an important factor in movement to waive Wosi’s immunityit’s indicated that he intentionally misled the Minister of Finance and the fee public funds Sejm. “The switch of funds, the switch of PLN 25 million to the CBA required a change within the monetary plan, which was reviewed by Minister of Finance and the Public Finance Committee. Woś supplied one other authorized foundation within the settlement between the Ministry of Justice and CBA and introduced one other one to the Minister of Finance and the Public Finance Committee,” he careworn.
Bodnar’s movement to raise Woś’s immunity
In Might Lawyer Normal Adam Bodnarpresenting movement to waive immunityThe Wosiintroduced that the fees introduced in opposition to the previous deputy minister of justice concern abuse of workplace by a public official (artwork. 231 of the Penal Code), breach of belief (artwork. 296 kk) and inflicting large-scale property harm.
Woś concerning the fees in opposition to him
Woś he mentioned on Thursday Within the Sejmthat each motion he took on this case was lawful. He added that the request was directed in opposition to him cost of official misconduct, it’s a must to act illegally, not underneath the legislation. “The prosecutor’s workplace’s 28-page utility doesn’t comprise a single sentence or phrase about what private profit I allegedly gained,” the MP mentioned. He recalled that the prosecutor’s workplace was accusing him acquiring monetary and private advantages in reference to the switch of this subsidies“So the general public funding for the CBA known as the prosecutor’s workplace monetary profit for the CBA. And for this profit I’ve to go to jail for 10 years,” he mentioned.
“The prosecutor’s workplace didn’t present any indicators of a prohibited act, didn’t present any actions geared toward attaining monetary or private advantages, didn’t present any harm, particularly giant harm. Due to this fact, I can inform you with full duty, I’d proudly make such a choice, I’d grant this funding once more in order that criminals, pedophiles, thieves, killers, members of organized felony teams could be prosecuted by the Polish state as they deserve,” he emphasised.
Woś within the United Proper authorities
Woś in years 2017-2018 he was the deputy chief MS within the authorities United Proper. He was licensed by the then Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro to carry out the duties of the administrator of the Justice Fund. In September 2017, Woś submitted a request to the Ministry of Finance to alter the monetary plan Justice Fund – it was concerning the quantity 25 million PLNwhich have been despatched to Central Anticorruption Bureau and have been used to buy the Pegasus system.
