"A coup d'état was suggested to me many times." Hołownia reveals the details

Sejm Speaker Szymon Hołownia said on Friday that he had been repeatedly suggested to delay Karol Nawrocki's swearing-in as President of the Republic of Poland, thus carrying out a "coup d'état." When asked who had made these suggestions, he referred to people who "did not like the results of the presidential election."

The Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, convened the National Assembly on August 6, before which Karol Nawrocki will be sworn in as President of the Republic of Poland.

On Friday, Hołownia said he had received proposals to delay the swearing-in, which he called coup attempts.

I've been repeatedly asked, suggested, and asked if I'm ready to carry out a 'coup,' because that's what it boils down to," Hołownia told Polsat News. "It was a test to see what I would do," he added.

"I'm talking about a 'coup,' meaning a situation in which a president has been elected, and I say: I don't like this president, so maybe I won't swear him in, I'll just be president, because that was the concept," Hołownia explained. He also assessed that by establishing the National Assembly, "we avoided the disintegration of the state."

When asked who made the proposal, Hołownia declined to name names. Instead, he mentioned politicians, lawyers, and people who "didn't like the presidential election results."

When asked if he had been asked by Donald Tusk during a meeting with coalition leaders about the possibility of postponing Nawrocki's swearing-in, the Speaker of the Sejm confirmed that the head of government had indeed raised the issue. "We had a discussion about this among the leaders (...). Prime Minister Tusk asked: 'Gentlemen, these voices are being raised, what should we do?'" Hołownia said.

He emphasized, however, that every leader of the ruling coalition opposed this idea, and the prime minister did not raise the issue later. "We were unanimous on this issue, and I must say that we were in 100% agreement with the other coalition leaders," the Sejm Speaker noted.

President-elect Karol Nawrocki was asked on wPolsce24 television about "attempts to block his swearing-in," including an idea previously put forward by Professor Andrzej Zoll regarding "suspending" the National Assembly. This refers to a statement by the former Constitutional Tribunal president from late June, where Zoll spoke of a procedure in which the National Assembly would be convened and then suspended without the president-elect taking the oath.

Nawrocki said that fortunately, the most important people in Poland, including Sejm Speaker Szymon Hołownia, did not succumb to the pressure. "I am certain that on August 6, I will be sworn in as president," he said. (PAP)

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