On Friday, 9 October, the Sejm Constitutional Responsibility Committee adopted a report backing the preliminary motion against NBP president Adam Glapiński. The full Sejm must still vote, needing at least 230 MPs.
Per Lewica MP Tomasz Trela, the committee presented eight charges, including indirect financing of the budget deficit through asset purchases in 2020-2021 and currency interventions without NBP board authorization.
The NBP calls the charges completely baseless and says it will not take part in the procedure, citing a 2024 Constitutional Tribunal ruling.
Sources differ on whether a Sejm resolution would suspend Glapiński, with Business Insider citing a ruling published on 11 January 2024 and FAKT24 noting that the Constitutional Tribunal challenged the suspension provisions in 2024.
The Sejm's Constitutional Responsibility Committee (Komisja Odpowiedzialności Konstytucyjnej) adopted a report on Friday, 9 October, backing a preliminary motion to hold National Bank of Poland (NBP) president Adam Glapiński before the State Tribunal (Trybunał Stanu). The committee closed evidence gathering and witness hearings on Tuesday, 6 October, and then discussed the draft report. Work on the case had run since May 2024. The session was held behind closed doors, and the report is to be passed to the Sejm Marshal, as committee chair Zdzisław Gawlik of the Civic Coalition had announced beforehand. Deputy committee chair Iwona Arent of PiS said the Civic Coalition, together with some of its coalition partners, voted the report through.
“De facto this is driving the National Bank of Poland toward paralysis.”
Arent also argued that the committee had placed the president before the tribunal in order to destabilize the country's financial situation. She announced that PiS deputies had filed a minority motion with the opposite wording.
The preliminary motion was filed by a group of ruling-coalition deputies in March 2024, and the committee's work on it ran for more than two years. Sources differ on the number of witnesses. The preliminary motion listed more than 60 witnesses, while FAKT24 reports that more than 50 witnesses were heard, including former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Monetary Policy Council members Joanna Tyrowicz and Ludwik Kotecki, and Financial Supervision Commission chair Jacek Jastrzębski. The timeline below sets out the main dates reported in the articles.
The motion accuses Glapiński of violating the constitution and other laws. Its allegations include indirect financing of the budget deficit through asset purchases in 2020-2021, conducting those purchases without proper authorization from the Monetary Policy Council, and carrying out currency interventions without authorization from the NBP board. Business Insider reports that Lewica MP Tomasz Trela said on X that the committee had presented eight specific charges, along with strong justification and a large volume of evidence. PiS deputy Paweł Szrot defended the central bank's conduct at a press conference.
“The actions of the president and the Board of the National Bank of Poland were in line with the law, were very well justified for economic and financial reasons, and aimed to serve the interest of the Republic of Poland.”
The NBP considers the charges completely baseless and says the proceedings could paralyze its work. Glapiński has repeatedly rejected the accusations, describing the proceedings as lacking any basis and saying they could harm Poland's interests and international reputation. In 2024 he announced that the NBP would not take part in the procedure, citing a Constitutional Tribunal ruling on the rules of the State Tribunal Act.
The Sejm must pass a resolution by an absolute majority of votes, with at least half of the statutory number of MPs present, which means at least 230 deputies. Under the law the report must be made available to all MPs at least 21 days before they vote. Marshal Włodzimierz Czarzasty will decide whether the report enters the schedule of a Sejm sitting. If the Sejm adopts the resolution, the marshal sends it to the State Tribunal chair, Zbigniew Kapiński, who has presided as First President of the Supreme Court since 25 May 2026, according to Business Insider. Sources disagree on whether a resolution would suspend Glapiński. Business Insider says a Constitutional Tribunal ruling published on 11 January 2024 means a Sejm resolution does not suspend him, while FAKT24 says the law provides for suspension but that the Constitutional Tribunal challenged those provisions in 2024. Glapiński's second and final term runs until June 2028, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk had earlier announced plans to remove him from the central bank, accusing him of political ties to the previous government.
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The Sejm's Constitutional Responsibility Committee adopted a report on Friday recommending that NBP president Adam Glapiński be brought before the State Tribunal. The full Sejm must still vote, and the resolution needs at least 230 MPs present and voting in its favour.
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