The accident involving politician Adam SzÅlapka occurred on April 24, 2023 in Saska Kępa. At that time, the leader of Nowoczesna allegedly hit a 16-year-old cyclist at a bicycle crossing in Warsaw because he “did not observe the rules of caution in road traffic” – said prosecutor Katarzyna Skrzeczkowska, quoted by TVN 24. When the police arrived at the scene, politician he was supposed to hide that he was an MP. Now the Warsaw prosecutor’s office has taken steps to investigate the accident.
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Adam Szłapka hit a cyclist. The prosecutor’s office will request the waiver of the MP’s immunity
As a result of the accident, the 16-year-old suffered a head injury and a fracture of her nasal bones. These injuries caused the teenager’s health to deteriorate for more than seven days. This resulted in the event being classified as a crime and not a misdemeanor, which significantly complicates the matter.
– The opinion of an expert in the field of automotive technology and road accident reconstruction shows that the driver’s behavior constituted an offense under Art. 177 pairs 1 of the Penal Code – provided by prosecutor Norbert Woliński, spokesman for the Warsaw Praga District Prosecutor’s Office, quoted by “RzeczpospolitÄ ”.
The provision of the paragraph reads as follows: “whoever, violating, even unintentionally, the principles of safety in land, water or air traffic, unintentionally causes an accident in which another person suffered bodily injury “the offenses specified in Article 157, paragraph 1 (slight bodily injury, health disorder – ed.), shall be punishable by imprisonment for up to three years.”
Therefore, “an application to waive immunity with respect to criminal liability for causing a qualified offense under Article 177, paragraph 1 of the Penal Code will be submitted this month,” the spokesman said. prosecutor’s office.
MP Adam SzÅlapka announced that he would waive his immunity
– I will waive my immunity as soon as the case reaches the Sejm. Unfortunately, this cannot be done earlier due to formal reasons, said Adam SzÅlapka, Minister for European Union Affairs, in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita”. Politician he declared this already last year, when the matter gained publicity.
The politician did not admit to his position on the day of the accident, only two months later, during an interrogation at the police station, when asked about his profession, he admitted that he was an MP – as we wrote about in Gazeta.pl . Then the policewoman who was conducting the interrogation called the prosecutor. The politician, in turn, claimed that he did not hide his position.
– At the time of the incident, of course, I provided help, we called the services together and I performed all the activities like a normal citizen. I am in constant contact with the family and I know that everything is fine – said Szłapka in June, quoted by TVN 24.
Now the Sejm must agree to bring charges against the MP by waiving his immunity with an absolute majority of votes. First, the motion will go to the immunity committee, and then the Speaker of the Sejm will decide whether to order a vote.
