The Pegasus commission makes another attempt. Hearing of Kamiński and Wąsik

PiS MEPs Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik once again did not appear at the meeting of the Sejm Investigative Commission for Pegasus. This is the third attempt to listen to MEPs. The deputy head of the commission passed on what the next steps would be, when Law and Justice politicians do not appear again.

The meeting of the PEGASUSA parliamentary committee took place on Friday at 12 o'clock. It was the third attempt to hear MEPs PISbecause they both did not appear at her meetings before. On Friday they did not appear in the Sejm.

Announce the consequences for Wąsik and Kamiński

During the commission's work, a request for punishment was voted by a fine. The court will also go to the court to bring him to the next meeting of the Commission to interrogate. The committee was made in the case of MEP Kamiński.

Commission representatives also announced that a request to the European Parliament will be formulated to repeal the immunity of Wąsik and Kamiński.

On Thursday, the deputy head of the parliamentary committee expressed that both politicians would appear at the committee meeting. “But I'm not sure,” he said.

– We will apply for their lead when they do not appear – announced Bosacki. “I think they will eventually be successfully brought,” he added.

The previous attempt to interrogate Kamiński and Wąsik took place on April 15. When they did not appear, the members of the committee decided to pay to the District Court in Warsaw to impose a 5,000 order penalties on them. zloty. This is the highest law provided for in such a situation. At that time, there was also a request to the European Parliament to repeal immunity in the event of another absence.

Why does the commission want to question the mustache and Kamiński?

During the rule of the United Right in 2015-2023, Mariusz Kamiński was the coordinator of special services. In the government of Mateusz Morawiecki from 2019 he was also the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration. After the uprising CBA In the summer of 2006, he became the head of the office and he was the function until October 2009. Maciej Wąsik was the deputy of Kamiński in the leadership of the CBA, secretary of the College for Special Services at the time when their coordinator was Kamiński, as well as the deputy minister of internal affairs and administration, when Kamiński managed this ministry. Both in 2024 obtained fines in elections to the European Parliament.

The PEGASUS inquiry 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 (during the rule of the United Right). The Commission is also to determine who was responsible for the purchase of Pegasus and similar tools for Polish authorities.

Pegasus is a system that was created by the Israeli company NSO Group to fight terrorism and organized crime. With the help of Pegasus, you can not only eavesdrop on conversations from an infected smartphone, but also access to other data stored in it, e.g. emails, photos or video recordings, as well as cameras and microphones. As the Canadian Citizen Lab established, the politicians of the opposition at that time were being underveted. Krzysztof Brejza, who was informed, was one of the first people, who in the parliamentary election in 2019 was the chief of the Citizens' Coalition Election Staff.