– I take it Zbigniew Ziobro did not appear on the deadline. The committee of enquiry did not receive any justification or any another information regarding his absence, said president Magdalena Magpiek at the beginning of the meeting.
As Tomasz Trela added, “there are no illusions or doubts that Zbigniew Ziobro is doing anything to avoid questions asked.” – Buńczuczne announcements and statements in the media that there is nothing to hide, that it may appear that it can testify, of course have no confirmation in the facts said the MP.
Zbigniew Ziobro one more time failed to appear in front of the Pegasus committee
– Once again, he chickened out. And he won't attest before the committee. No wonder he is afraid of confronting not only questions, but the facts and papers available to the committee," Trela added.
Member of the committee announced that he would apply to the committee to punish the erstwhile Minister of Justice fine. He besides asked for another proceeding time.
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Marcin Bosacki besides agreed with Trela. – Mr. Ziobro's witness is an absolutely crucial individual to attest to the Pegasus affair. The past fewer weeks have shown this with even more power. We have known for any time that Mr. Ziobro is against his denials from last year. He surely knew about Pegasus's backing operation with the Justice Fund. He was liable for this and he was liable for this incorrect, most likely illegal funding, he had to answer," he said.
Following the statements made by the members of the committee, the motion to impose a punishment on Zbigniew Ziobra was passed for non-contribution to the hearing. Magdalena Magoka announced that she would appoint a erstwhile Minister of Justice next period.
Zbigniew Ziobro avoids committee
Despite many calls, Zbigniew Ziobro consistently He refused to attend the Pegasus committee hearing.. On January 31, the erstwhile Minister of Justice was detained by the police erstwhile he finished giving an interview at the office of the tv Republic. The MP was to be brought to the hearing, but before reaching the Sejm, the committee had completed its work.
The authority made a request for Ziobra's arrest, but the territory Court in Warsaw found that there is no legal basis for its inclusion. At the same time, he condemned the political stance, recognising it to be "highly reprehensible".
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Although the president of the committee Magdalena Magoka announced the appeal, on April 7, she announced on social media that she had resigned from the complaint. "After gathering the opinion of the experts of the committee and external lawyers, I decided that the reopening of the procedure to bring Minister Ziobra before the committee will be more effective than filing a complaint to the decision of the territory Court’, she indicated.
The Magpie then announced that Zbigniew Ziobry's proceeding would take place on 24 April.
Pegasus Commission is trying to interview Ziobra
The Pegasus Investigative Commission examines the legality, regularity and intent of the activities carried out utilizing this software, inter alia, by the government, peculiar services and police from November 2015 to November 2023. The Commission is besides to establish, who was liable for buying Pegasus and akin tools for Polish authorities.
Pegasus is simply a strategy that was created by the Israeli NSO Group to fight terrorism and organised crime. With Pegasus you can not only perceive to conversations from infected smartphones, but besides access another data stored in it, specified as e-mails, photographs or video recordings, cameras and microphones. According to Canadian Citizen Lab, Pegasus was utilized in Poland to analyse opposition politicians.
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Ziobro, like another PiS politicians, believes Parliamentary committee of enquiry acts illegally. This view is based on the September 2024 judgement of the Constitutional Tribunal, which ruled that the resolution of the Sejm on the appointment of that committee was incompatible with the Constitution.
