Poland’s national prosecutor Zbigniew Ziobro, who also serves as the justice minister, has submitted a new motion to waive the parliamentary immunity of the speaker of the Senate, the upper house of parliament, who is a member of the opposition Civic Platform.
Prosecutors continue to allege that Tomasz Grodzki took bribes during his time as director of a hospital in the city of Szczecin. He has denied the accusations and said people were being offered money to make false claims against him.
In March this year, prosecutors from Szczecin applied to the Senate for Grodzki – who has served as speaker since late 2019 – to have his immunity waived, which is necessary to put forward criminal charges against MPs and senators.
In response, the Senate requested supplementary information from the prosecutors. Then, in October, Grodzki’s deputy Bogdan Borusewicz dropped further work on the motion, arguing that it had not cleared formal requirements.
The national prosecutor’s office called the decision “unfounded”, reports PAP. On 26 November the district prosecutor’s office in Warsaw launched another investigation into a possible abuse of powers linked to the Senate’s decision, reports Gazeta Wyborcza.
This week, the office of the national prosecutor submitted a new motion to waive Grodzki’s parliamentary immunity.
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