And it was supposed to be so “perfect.” The illegal Pegasus commission wanted to punish the former head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) for failing to appear for a hearing—yet again. Although the matter concerned January 13, 2025, Ernest Bejda received a summons for January 13, but… from the previous year. This error was the basis for the Warsaw District Court’s decision to reject the request to penalize the former CBA chief!
Even the Date Was Wrong
As a reminder, the former head of the CBA was supposed to be questioned on January 13 of this year. However, it turned out to be yet another farce staged by the pseudo-commission led by Magdalena Sroka. Similar spectacles had already been witnessed in the commission’s actions against Zbigniew Ziobro. The politician refers to a Constitutional Tribunal ruling, which states that the commission was established improperly.
Nevertheless, this was already the third attempt to question the former CBA chief. And according to Sroka’s approach—third time’s the charm. As we know, Bejda did not appear for the hearing. This time, there were more reasons than just the fact that the “commission” was operating illegally.
On the same day, January 13, Bejda posted on social media that he had received a summons with an incorrect hearing date. The document indicated that the pseudo-commission wanted to question him on January 13—but in 2024.
Sroka Was Furious
Even though the former CBA chief publicly displayed the summons showing the incorrect date, this sparked frustration from Sroka. Under her leadership, the “commission” submitted a request to the court “to penalize him for failing to appear and to enforce his compulsory attendance at the hearing.”
Court Decision
However, things did not go well for Sroka and her “commission.” Bejda announced this morning that the court rejected the request of the illegal commission. Firstly, the date on the summons was incorrect. Secondly, the Sroka commission failed to attach “its request for punishment” to its submission.
“I want to inform you that the Warsaw District Court did not accept the request from the Parliamentary Investigative Commission on Pegasus to fine me and enforce my compulsory attendance by the police on March 4, 2025. In its justification, the court stated that the reason for rejecting the commission’s request was the incorrect indication of the hearing date. The commission summoned me for January 13, but in 2024. Given these circumstances, the court ruled that, as a witness, I am not responsible for failing to appear at the commission’s hearing.”
Bejda wrote in his post.
“It is worth emphasizing, as the court also noted, that the commission, while requesting the court to fine me and enforce my compulsory attendance, did not attach to its request the document summoning the witness for the hearing date—signed by the Chair of the Commission, Magdalena Sroka.”,
he continued.
“During the proceedings, I was the one who informed the court about the improper summons. Instead of correcting their mistake and properly summoning the witness for the correct date, the commission deliberately concealed the incorrect summons from the court while simultaneously demanding, among other things, a repressive measure against me—compulsory attendance, which essentially entails depriving a person of their freedom. Another testament to the ‘impartiality, reliability, and professionalism’ of the Commission.”,
Bejda wrote. His post also included the court’s decision.
Chcę poinformować, że Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie nie uwzględnił wniosku Sejmowej Komisji Śledczej ds. Pegasusa, o ukaranie mnie karą grzywny oraz przymusowego doprowadzenie przez policję, na termin 4 marca 2025 r. Sąd w uzasadnieniu swojej decyzji stwierdził, że powodem odmowy…
