In the spotlight: Wojciech Dąbrowski

He was dismissed by Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński late last week after it was disclosed that he had fraudulently attempted to get hold of a driver's license.

Dąbrowski tried to get a replacement driver's license from a transport office in Warsaw in 2006, claiming that he had lost his original document. But it turned out that he didn't have a legal right to drive, as his license had been revoked in 1996 after he had exceeded the limit of penalty points. The Voivod, who studied Law at Warsaw University, claimed he didn't know about the driving ban.

However, Dąbrowski's misadventures don't end there. In 2006 he was stopped by police while riding a bicycle under the influence of alcohol. This became central to the debate in the Warsaw City Council, as Civic Platform (PO) deputies questioned Dąbrowski's moral right to demand Gronkiewicz-Waltz's dismissal. It even caught the interest of national politicians, with PO's Bronisław Komorowski saying that "we are in the hands of petty drunkards."

One of Dąbrowski's last decisions as Voivod was to submit a motion to the City Council to terminate the mayor's mandate. Even if the Council refuses to dismiss Gronkiewicz-Waltz, the Voivod can still terminate her term. Should that be the outcome, though, it won't be Dšbrowski's move to make.