One of Brown's associates climbed the stairs to the town hall balcony, took off his Ukrainian flag and handed it to the candidate, who shook his hand in gratitude. Then they put a Polish flag in the same place.
On the videos that appeared on the network, one can hear that the crowd chants: “Here is Poland.”
So wygląda wiec brauna w białej podlaskiej. Ludzie Weszli on Budynek Urzędu Miasta and Zerwali ukraińską flagę. Polityka nienawiści zbiera żniwo. This is not Patriotyzm. This is Hanba. pic.twitter.com/qXPPRMKCHG
– Marta Wcisło #Trzaskowski2025 (@wcislomarta123) April 30, 2025
The video, which was published on the social network X Obywatele RP, shows how, after the incident, the candidate addresses the audience.
“I take you all to the witnesses that Mr. Katskper as my assistant of the Polish deputy of the European Parliament, at my request and my direct instruction, did what I did. Therefore, this is my responsibility,” Brown said.
He also promised to transfer the Ukrainian flag to the nearest consulate of Ukraine.
Journalists recalled that he also promised this in June last year, when, together with a group of associates, he removed the Ukrainian flag from Kopza Kosciuszko in Krakow.
The Minister of Justice of Poland Adam Bodnar assured in X that Brown would not remain unpunished.
According to him, on May 6, the European parliament will vote for an offer to cancel the inviolability of the deputy, and the district prosecutor’s office of Warsaw wants to blame him for a number of crimes.
“Two of them relate to violations of the bodily inviolability and insults of the doctor – director of the National Cardiological Center. The next three accusations relate to different acts of hooliganism, and the last two – the scandalous behavior of Brown in the Polish Sejm – public insulting the object of religious cult and violation of the bodily integrity of the person who intervenes,” he said.
Bodnar added that the police and the prosecutor's office are taking measures regarding the events in the Bealahpan.
EKSCESY GRZEGORZA Brauna Nie Pozostaną Bezkarne.
May 6 approx. godz. 12:00 W Parlamencie Europejskim Odbędzie Się głosowanie nad Wnioskiem about Uchying Immunitetu Europosła. ProKuratura Okręgowa in Warszaw wants Mu Postawić Zarzuty Popełnienia 7 Przestępstw.
Dwa z nich dotyczą …
– Adam Bodnar (@adbodnar) May 1, 2025
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasily Bodnar reacted to the incident, who called this a conscious provocation against Ukrainian-Polish friendship on the network.
1/2 świadoma promacja in białej podlaskiej jest wycelowana przeciwko 🇺🇦-🇵🇱 przyjaźni. Stawmy Się Takim Proudacjam Wspólnie and ZDECYDOWANIE. Szczególnie W Czasy Trwającej Brutal Wojny Rosji Przeciwko Russian, Kedy Walczymy about us Wspólne Bezpieczeństwo.
– Vasyl Bodnar (@vasylbodnar) May 1, 2025
Context
The presidential elections in Poland will be held on May 18, 2025.
Brown is known for participating in a number of scandals, reminds Politico. In particular, he violated the minute of silence during a special plenary meeting dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, with the help of a fire extinguisher extinguished Menora, who was lit in the Polish parliament on the occasion of Hanouks, and also ruined the Christmas tree decorated with balls with the flags of the EU and Ukraine.
On April 16, Brown burst into the hospital in the city of Olesnitsa, where he threatened the doctor Gizeli Yagelskaya arrest that she had an abortion to a woman at a late pregnancy.
