WARSAW, Poland – Sejm Marshal Szymon Hołownia revealed on Friday that he was offered proposals to delay the swearing-in of Karol Nawrocki, an event scheduled for Aug. 6, which he characterized as attempts at a “coup d’état.”
Hołownia: “Coup d’état” suggestions aimed to test his reaction
Hołownia reported receiving multiple inquiries about his readiness to facilitate a “coup d’état” by refusing to swear in the president.
- Sejm Marshal Szymon Hołownia alleged he was pressured to delay the swearing-in of Karol Nawrocki.
- Hołownia described these suggestions as attempts at a “coup d’état.”
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk inquired about these possibilities during a meeting with coalition leaders.
- All coalition leaders reportedly opposed the idea of delaying the swearing-in.
Hołownia stated in a television interview that the suggestions were essentially tests to gauge his reaction to potentially circumventing the presidential election results. “I have been offered many times if I was suggested, I was asked if I was ready to carry out a ‘coup d’état’,” Hołownia said. “It was testing what I would do,” he added.
He elaborated that a “coup d’état” would involve a situation where a president is elected, but the Marshal, disliking the outcome, refuses to administer the oath. “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 they were such concepts,” Hołownia explained. He also asserted that by convening the National Assembly, “we avoided the collapse of the state.”
When asked to identify those who made these proposals, Hołownia declined to name names. However, he specified that they included politicians, lawyers, and individuals who were unhappy with the presidential election results.
During a discussion about the potential postponement of Nawrocki’s swearing-in, Hołownia confirmed that Prime Minister Donald Tusk had indeed raised the matter with coalition leaders. “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 recounted.
Crucially, Hołownia emphasized that all leaders of the ruling coalition were against this idea. He noted that the prime minister did not pursue the matter further. “We had a uniform opinion on this issue and, I must say that we agreed with other coalition leaders in one hundred percent,” the Speaker of the Sejm stated.
