During the rally of Grzegorz Braun in Biała Podlaska (Lublin), one of the men brought a Ukrainian flag from the city office building. The prosecutor's office initiated an investigation in this case. He also checks whether hatred was called during the rally.
The investigation was initiated in the scope of two acts integrally related to this event. The first act is to remove the state flag of Ukraine, which was stuck on the building of the Biała Podlaska City Hall – says prosecutor Jolanta Dębiec from the District Prosecutor's Office in Lublin.
It is an act of art. 137 parish 2 of the Penal Code, i.e. public insulting of a foreign state flag.
Source: bp24.pl
Braun was to call hatred
The second act, which is investigated by the prosecutor's office, is related to the speech, which Braun was supposed to deliver during the same rally. The prosecutor's office is investigating whether there has been a public call to commit a vice, hatred against the background of national, ethnic or religious differences and to insult a group of the population, i.e. to violate Art. 255, 256 and 257 of the Penal Code.
According to Jolanta Dębiec, the prosecutor's office was notified by the Rasist and Xenophobic behavior monitoring center. Increasing, among others, that Braun's speech “insulted a group of population – mainly Jews and Ukrainians – because of its national and racial affiliation.”
The investigation in this case initiated the District Prosecutor's Office in Biała Podlaska on Monday. No one was charged. Investigators will analyze, among others recordings from the election rally. For deeds that are subject to proceedings, there are up to three years in prison.
Braun: He did it at my clear command
On the recordings made on the web from Wednesday (30 April) Braun in Biała Podlaska you can see how the young man climbed the ladder on the balcony of the town hall, pulled the Ukrainian flag out of the handle and gave it to the candidate for president. Then the man stuck a Polish flag into this place. Braun shook his hand in a gesture of thanks. During the incident, the crowd chanted, among others “Here is Poland.”
Source: City Hall in Biała Podlaska
On the recording posted on Platform X by Polish citizens, you can see how the candidate spoke to the gathered.
– I take all of you to witnesses that Mr. Kacper as my assistant adopted for the Polish MP to the European Parliament at my request and my clear order did what he did. So it's my responsibility – he turned to the participants of the rally Braun.
The head of the office of the President of Biała Podlaska and councilor of the Lublin Assembly Wojciech Sosnowski described this event with a scandal. “Grzegorz Braun and his followers attacked the City Hall of Biała Podlaska and broke the flag of Ukraine from the balcony using a ladder. Shouting to burn it. A wild crowd of people fed with hate to others and explicit incitement to hatred is a shame! Such people should never come to power!” Sosnowski said on social media. ‼ ️‼ ️Skandal‼ ️‼ ️ Grzegorz Braun and his followers attacked the city of Biała Podlaska and broke the flag of Ukraine … Posted by Wojciech Sosnowski – councilor of the Lublin regional council he Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar He reported on Thursday on platform X that in the case of “a shocking rally in Biała Podlaska, actions were taken by the police and the prosecutor's office.” The Lublin police reported that the officers set the data of a man who downloaded the flag from the office building and explain the incident. “Recordings about this incident are also analyzed in detail. The collected materials will be forwarded to the prosecutor's office,” the police announced, adding that legal consequences threaten this behavior. Policemen from the NMP in Biała Podlaska @Pbialska They conduct activities regarding yesterday's incident during the election meeting of the candidate for the office of President Grzegorz Braun. – Lublin police 🇵🇱 (@polianiebielska) May 1, 2025 However, as the President of Biała Podlaska said Michał Litwiniuk, the Ukrainian flag hung on the office of the office for over three years, from the start of the Russian invasion at Ukrainein a gesture of solidarity with the Ukrainian people. On Monday, Braun announced that he left the flag bag on the door of the Ukrainian embassy in Warsaw, because nobody wanted to let him in. European Parliament On Tuesday, in the vote in Strasbourg, he lifted the immunity of MEP Braun in connection with the investigation into the extinguishing of the chanka candles in the Sejm in December 2023. Gabriela Kuc-Stefaniuk, spokeswoman for the City Hall in Biała Podlaska, informed, in an interview with tvn24.pl, that the Ukrainian flag was again fluttering on the balcony of the magistrate. – However, this is not the same that has been removed – he points out. Author/author: TM/TOK Source: PAP, tvn24.pl Source of the main photo: Bp24.pl Councilor of the Sejmik: Such people should never come to power
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