Czarzasty on the death of Pszczoła: He was actually killed by a bad word

In fact, he was killed with a bad word – this is how the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, commented on the death of Jan Pszczoła, a long-time Radom councilor associated with the New Left. Pszczoła collapsed after Friday's city council meeting and died in hospital.

“Jan Pszczoła has died. A good man. Councilor of the Left in Radom. He was actually killed with a bad word. He spoke at the council. He heard: 'Commie', 'Down with communism' and many disgusting words. He fainted,” Czarzasty wrote on Sunday on Platform X. “Honour his memory. Those who shouted are walking around Radom. It's Sunday. Time for others,” he added.

78-year-old Jan Pszczoła died on Saturday evening in hospital, after he collapsed after a city council session on Friday.

Jan Pszczoła was born in 1948. He had economic education. For years he was the chief accountant. He also ran his own business. Since 1998 – with breaks in 2002-2006 and 2018-2024 – he was a councilor of the City Council in Radom. In the current term of the local government, he was elected to the council from the list of the Radom Local Government Pact of Radosław Witkowski. He was the only councilor from the New Left party, which returned to the council in 2024 after a 5-year absence. During the first session – as the oldest councilor – he opened the meeting.

The chairman of the Radom structures of the New Left, the deputy voivode of Masovia, Patryk Fajdek, said goodbye to the deceased. “Today I say goodbye to a man I knew and appreciated for years,” he wrote on social media. “I will remember him as a warm-hearted and devoted person,” he added.

The party leader described the councilor as a good, friendly and helpful person, always open to conversation, ready to support and share experience.

His party colleagues also said goodbye to the deceased. They emphasized that for years he had been a man of the left – faithful to the values ​​of solidarity, social sensitivity and responsibility for the community; He got involved in Radom's affairs with the belief that local government was primarily about serving the residents.

The chairman of the City Council in Radom, Mateusz Tyczyński, expressed his condolences to the relatives of the deceased. “Jan Pszczoła, a councilor for many terms, a community activist, an open man, always ready to help and get involved in matters important to Radom and its residents, has died,” the council chairman wrote on his profile.

The mayor of Radom, Radosław Witkowski, emphasized that the councilor will be remembered as a person for whom public service was a real mission.

“This is a huge loss for our local government community and the entire city of Radom. A man who for years worked with dedication and commitment for the residents of our city has passed away. He was a councilor, but above all, he was a good, friendly man – open to conversation, ready to cooperate across divisions,” noted Witkowski. “His voice in discussions was always balanced, substantive and full of respect for others,” emphasized the mayor of Radom.

The councilor was taken to hospital on Friday evening after feeling unwell just after a city council meeting and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

The meeting was convened at the request of PiS councilors, who demanded that the city authorities be condemned for organizing a dance in the style of the Polish People's Republic to begin the celebration of the 50th anniversary of June '76. The session was stormy.

Councilor Pszczoła was the last to speak. After the meeting, some of the people gathered in the room started chanting the slogan “Down with communism.” Some people directly verbally attacked the 78-year-old councilor, who suddenly felt unwell and was taken to hospital by ambulance. The local government official suffered a stroke and his condition was considered serious from the beginning.

Some Sunday entries informing about the councilor's death referred to the situation at the session. Nowa Lewica Radom wrote: “we painfully accept the fact that (Jan Pszczoła – PAP) has become a victim of the growing brutalization of public life – a wave of contempt and words that should never be uttered. No difference of views justifies humiliation or depriving another person of basic respect.” The head of the party in Radom emphasized that “it hurts even more that a man with such sensitivity became the target of baseless hatred and the worst human emotions. No one deserves contempt or dehumanization.” (PAP)

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