Request for waiver of the immunity of Mariusz Kamiński

The European Parliament decided to waive the immunity of  Mariusz Kamiński.

On 29 July 2024, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Poland submitted a request for the waiver of Mariusz Kamiński's immunity. The request stated that Mariusz Kamiński had failed to comply with the final judgment handed down to him by the Warsaw Regional Court on 20 December 2023, by which he was barred from holding public office for five years, on the grounds that Mariusz Kamiński performed the duties of a Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland by participating in the session of the Sejm held on 21 December 2023 which included taking part in votes and taking part in a meeting held by the Sejm’s Administration and Internal Affairs Committee on 28 December 2023.

Parliament considered that the alleged offence is not related to any opinion or vote cast by Mariusz Kamiński in the exercise of his duties as a Member of the European Parliament.

Furthermore, Parliament found no evidence of fumus persecutionis, which is to say factual elements which indicate that the intention underlying the legal proceedings may be to damage a Member’s political activity and thus the European Parliament.