The decision by President Karol Nawrocki to veto the cryptocurrency market bill has drawn sharp criticism from the ruling coalition. Although the head of state clearly stated that he was vetoing the same bill for a second time because no substantive amendments had been introduced – the government is using this fact to attack the president. The Head of the Chancellery of the President, Zbigniew Bogucki, responded.
In a statement issued yesterday, President Karol Nawrocki announced that he had vetoed two bills. The first concerned the recognition of the Silesian language as a regional language. “Scientific facts are not established by a vote in the Sejm,” Karol Nawrocki justified his decision.
He applied the second veto to the cryptocurrency market bill. “Bad law, even if passed a hundred times, remains bad law,” he stressed, pointing to the failure to address earlier objections raised by the Chancellery of the President.
They Submitted the Same Bill – Now They Comment
“For the second time, I received a bill that is practically identical to the one I had already vetoed. One detail was changed. The fundamental errors were not removed,” the president said after vetoing the cryptocurrency market legislation. Although the ruling coalition chose not to introduce amendments – their comments suggest they had expected a different move from the head of state.
“The President’s veto of the bill regulating the crypto-asset market amounts to a clear assumption of political responsibility for the losses suffered by defrauded Poles,” wrote Andrzej Domański, Minister of Finance and Economy, on the X platform. In a similar tone, the government spokesperson, Adam Szłapka, commented on the president’s decision.
“Another veto on the same matter – a recurrence of political irresponsibility. The President is blocking oversight of the crypto market for the second time. If anyone loses their savings due to a lack of regulation and supervision, the political responsibility falls directly on the Presidential Palace.”
“You Are the Ones Responsible”
Szłapka’s post was answered by the Head of the Chancellery of the President, Zbigniew Bogucki.
“Minister Szłapka, with the first veto the President gave you a chance to correct this bad law, but Prime Minister Tusk probably became furious that he would once again have to take the President’s legitimate remarks into account and issued an order: not a step back; so you rejected all opposition amendments and, except for one, you also rejected amendments from your own coalition partner – the Polska 2050 Party (Polska 2050),” he replied, referring to Donald Tusk.
He continued: “You send the same bill twice and are surprised that the President refuses twice to sign this bad law. You are the ones responsible.”
“However, the President is open to correcting your mistakes and is ready to work together on good legislation – even starting tomorrow,” he added.