Pegasus committee. Former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro will be called again for the interrogation

Former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro will be called again for the interrogation – said the chairwoman of the Penasus inquiry commission Magdalena Sroka (PSL -TD). She added that “opening the re -procedure of bringing Minister Ziobra before the commission will be more effective than lodging a complaint against the SO decision.”

The Warsaw District Court on March 31 did not grant the application of the parliamentary investigation commission for Pegasus for the application of a penalty of up to 30 days of detention against the former Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobra (PIS). Sroka in an interview with journalists announced an appeal against the court's decision. The commission requested that the former head of MS – being in custody – be available to the interrogations of the investigation commission.

On Monday, Magdalena Sroka wrote on platform X that “with satisfaction, she notes that the court confirmed the legality of the Pegasus Commission” and “fully shares the clearly negative assessment of the current attitude of Z. Ziobra.”

“Therefore, the call to the interrogation will go to the former minister as of 24.04” – she added.

Sroka in the next post explained that “after gathering the opinions of committee experts and external lawyers, she decided that the opening of the re -procedure of bringing Minister Ziobra before the Commission would be more effective than lodging a complaint against the SO decision.”

Interrogation of Zbigniew Ziobra

Zbigniew Ziobro did not appear several times before the Commission for the PEGASUS Inquiry, and on January 31 – despite the police forced bringing by the police to the Sejm – he came late for a meeting when the Commission had already finished the meeting. Investigation Commission, through the Prosecutor General Adam Bodnarsent a request to apply a detention of up to 30 days towards the former Minister of Justice to lead to his interrogation.

On February 20, a vote was held in the Sejm, where it was decided to repeal Ziobrze's immunity and consent to the arrest of him for 30 days.

Ziobro says that he did not resist and the commission did not want to question him, since it closed the meeting when he was on his way to them. – There was all the possibility to confront, you would call it testimonies, (…) But you didn't want it. You decided to organize a trap – he said in February in the Sejm, addressing the ruling majority.

The PEGASUS Remand Commission examines the legality, correctness and purposefulness of activities undertaken using this software, including by the government, special services and the police from November 2015 to November 2023. The Commission is also to determine who was responsible for the purchase of Pegasus and similar tools for Polish authorities.