Glapiński before the State Tribunal? Czarzasty about the date of voting on the proposal

President of the National Bank of Poland before the State Tribunal?

Two sessions of the Sejm are currently planned for next month: from November 5 to 6 and from November 17 to 19.

We plan this vote in the second half of November. Therefore, until then, all matters will be clarified and I will present at the press conference in due course all the answers to all the questions that arise. (...) We are tentatively planning this vote at the end of November - said today the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, when asked at the conference, among others, about the issue of the parliamentary majority needed to bring Adam Glapiński before the State Tribunal.

The President of the NBP is appointed and dismissed by the Sejm at the request of the President. Glapiński's second and last term as NBP president expires in June 2028.

What are Adam Glapiński accused of?

In the preliminary application, the applicants accuse the President of the NBP of violating the constitution and laws, including: by indirectly financing the budget deficit as part of asset purchases in 2020-2021, conducting this purchase without "due authorization" from the Monetary Policy Council, making currency interventions without a similar authorization from the NBP Management Board, or by failing to comply with the apolitical order of the NBP President.

The President of the NBP assessed in October that the commission's conduct had no basis, was harmful from the point of view of Poland's internal interest and may have a significant negative impact on relations with foreign countries. The NBP had already considered the allegations against Glapiński to be completely groundless. Glapiński informed in 2024 that NBP would not participate in the procedure and any decisions of the commission were not important for the bank, in connection with the 2024 judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal in this case.

The Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Responsibility adopted a report on the preliminary motion to bring the President of the NBP, Adam Glapiński, to constitutional responsibility before the State Tribunal. Pursuant to the Act on the State Tribunal, the Sejm adopts a resolution to hold the president of NBP accountable to the Court of Justice of the European Union by an absolute majority of votes in the presence of at least half (230) of the statutory number of deputies. According to the Act, such a resolution results in the suspension of the person concerned from performing duties.

In 2024, however, the Constitutional Tribunal questioned the provisions of the Constitutional Tribunal Act regarding the suspension of the President of the NBP from his duties, as well as regarding the type of majority required to pass the application (the Constitutional Tribunal requires a 3/5 majority). The Constitutional Tribunal's judgment was published in the Journal of Laws.