For “sit down, clown” and “faff”. Terlecki had to apologize to Nitras

PiS MP Ryszard Terlecki apologized to KO MP, former Minister of Sports Sławomir Nitras, in the plenary room. This concerns offensive phrases directed at him in the Sejm in 2017-2020. Terlecki said he regretted his behavior.

These are Terlecki's words addressed to the KO MP – two from November 9, 2017, one from December 9, 2020 and one from December 10, 2020 – when he first addressed him with the words “sit down, you clown”, and later called him a “Platform's idiot”.

Last week's judgment of the court of appeal in Szczecin – in the case that Nitras brought against Terlecki – ordering the PiS MP to apologize to Nitras, was executed by Terlecki at the Sejm podium on the night from Thursday to Friday.

– On November 27, 2025, the Court of Appeal in Szczecin issued a judgment in the second instance, obliging me to make the following declaration. I, Ryszard Terlecki, apologize to MP Sławomir Nitras for the offensive phrases and terms that I directed at him, (…) which offensive phrases and terms violate (his) personal rights – said Terlecki.

The PiS MP also added that he “regrets his behavior.”

Nitras uploaded the recording of Terlecki's apology to the X platform and wrote: “Slow, but fair.” The Minister of Education, Barbara Nowacka, also congratulated him for winning the court case.

In 2020, Nitras sent a letter to Terlecki in which he imposed a condition that if he did not apologize and donate money to several organizations, including: The National Women's Strike and the Lambda association will take him to court. Ultimately, five years later, the KO MP won the trial. (PAP)

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