Kwaśniewski gets slap on the wrist for Orlen commission no-show

The head of the President's Office, Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, sent the commission a note saying that the President would not participate in the questioning, but commission experts would not accept this as a viable excuse. Roman Giertych from the League of Polish Families (LPR) suggested that the commission put forward a motion bringing Kwaśniewski before the State Tribunal. The rest of the deputies, however, did not agree to such a solution. Eventually, the commission accepted a resolution only partly based on the suggestion of Giertych and Antoni Macierewicz. "The President's refusal to be interrogated by the commission shows his disregard for the Sejm and affects this country's legal order," the deputies stated in a note addressed to the Sejm Presidium. According to them, without the President's testimony, it is impossible to explain his connections with the Orlen affair. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) A.F.