“I was suggested many times a coup.” Hołownia reveals the details

Sejm Marshal Szymon Hołownia reported on Friday that he had repeatedly suggested that he delay the swearing in to Karol Nawrocki as president of the Republic of Poland and thus made a “coup.” When asked who made these proposals, he talked about people who “did not like the result of the presidential election.”

Sejm Marshal Szymon Hołownia convened a national assembly to the President of the Republic of Poland on August 6, Karol Nawrocki would be sworn in.

On Friday, Hołownia reported that he received a proposal to delay the swearing in, which he called attempts at the coup.

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Many times I was offered whether it was suggested, I was asked if I was ready to carry out a “coup d'état” because it is reduced to it – said Hołownia in Polsat News. “It was testing what I would do,” he added.

– I am talking about the “coup d'état”, meaning the situation in which the president was elected, and I say: I do not like this president, maybe I will not swear him, I will walk with the president, because these were the concepts ” – explained Hołownia. He also assessed that by establishing the National Assembly” we avoided the breakup of the state. “

Hołownia, asked who made the mentioned proposal refused to mention the names. However, he mentioned politicians, lawyers and people who “did not like the result of the presidential election.”

The Marshal of the Sejm, when asked whether during a meeting with coalition leaders, he was asked by Donald Tusk about the possibility of postponing the deadline for the swearing in Nawrocki, confirmed that the head of government actually raised this topic. – We had a conversation about this in the group of leaders (…). This question was asked from Prime Minister Tusk: “Gentlemen, there are such voices, what do we do?” – Hołownia said.

He emphasized, however, that each of the leaders of the ruling coalition was against this idea, and the prime minister did not raise this topic later. – We had a uniform opinion on this issue and, I must say that we agreed with other coalition leaders in one hundred percent – noted the Speaker of the Sejm.

President Elekt Karol Nawrocki was asked on television WPOLSCE24 about “attempts to block his swearing”, including For the idea presented earlier by prof. Andrzej Zoll regarding the “suspension” of the National Assembly. It is about the statement of the former president of the Constitutional Tribunal from the end of June; Zoll then talked about the procedure in which the National Assembly would be convened, and then he would be suspended without accepting the oath of President Elekt.

Nawrocki said that fortunately, the most important people in Poland, Sejm Marshal Szymon Hołownia did not undergo pressure. “I am sure that on August 6 I will be sworn in to the office of the president,” he said. (PAP)

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