President Karol Nawrocki met with Dariusz Barski on Monday, who, according to the head of state, "was unlawfully and forcefully deprived by the government of the ability to execute functions" of the national prosecutor. "This is immeasurable injustice and an attack on the constitutional foundations of the state system" - we read in the entry of the President's Chancellery.
The President's office noted in Monday's entry that until the appeal of the national prosecutor The consent of the head of state is required. "With this conclusion Prime Minister never appeared, and the building of the National Prosecutor's Office was seized by force" - the entry on platform X was given.
According to Karol Nawrocki and his co-workers "that the only legal national prosecutor is Dariusz Barskiconfirmed both Supreme Courtand Constitutional Courtbut theirs decisions have been disregarded".
In a communication, in addition to a joint photograph of Nawrocki and Barski, the firm concluded that the government's actions constitute violation of the regulation of law. "This is not the regulation of law. This. the immensity of injustice and the attack on constitutional foundations state system" - added.
The president of the Republic of Poland Karol Nawrocki met with the National Prosecutor Dariusz Barski, who was unlawfully and forcefully deprived by the government 2 years ago.
— Office of the president of the Republic of Poland (@presidentpl) January 12, 2026
Until the National Prosecutor is dismissed, consent is required... pic.twitter.com/8IlkQUIUm7
Conflict over the National Prosecutor's Office. Dariusz Korneluk appointed
Conflict concerning ultimate authorities of the Polish prosecution is linked to the change in the management of the National Prosecutor's Office in 2024. On January 12, 2024, then Minister of Justice, lawyer General Adam Bodnar gave Barski, acting as National Prosecutor, a paper stating that his reinstatement to work from the state of remainder "was accomplished in breach of the existing rules and has no legal effect".
Barski, whom in this case president Andrzej Duda then supported, was a close associate of the erstwhile head of MS, lawyer General Zbigniew Ziobry, who reinstated Barski on 16 February 2022. Barski and Ziobro are besides known on a private level.
Therefore - inactive in January 2024 – by the decision of Prime Minister Donald Tusk Jacek Bilewicz (now Deputy lawyer General) became acting national prosecutor, until Barski was appointed in the competition. The competition won in the second half of February Dariusz Korneluk, which the head of government appointed as the fresh national prosecutor in mid-March.
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