President Andrzej Duda is set to meet with the Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, at the beginning of August. The discussion will concern the Speaker’s recent remarks about being pressured to delay the swearing-in of President-elect Karol Nawrocki.
Urgent Duda-Hołownia Meeting
In Sunday’s programme of “Rymanowski’s Breakfast”, Małgorzata Paprocka, Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland, revealed the background of Friday’s conversation between the Head of State and Speaker Szymon Hołownia. The meeting was initiated at the request of President Andrzej Duda in response to the Speaker’s controversial reference to an “attempted coup.”
“The President and the Speaker have arranged a meeting and a discussion. The arrangement was made on Thursday, during the recent changes in the government. Due to the Speaker’s personal plans, I believe the meeting will take place at the beginning of August,”
Paprocka stated.
The Speaker of the Sejm assured the Head of the Presidential Chancellery that he has no intention of obstructing the swearing-in of President-elect Karol Nawrocki:
“This discussion, these issues have really been ongoing for several weeks now,”
Paprocka emphasised, referring to Hołownia’s statement.
A decree summoning the National Assembly has already been published in the Monitor Polski (Official Gazette). The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to take place in the plenary hall of the Sejm on August 6, 2025.
To recap, in a Friday interview with Polsat News, the Speaker of the Sejm revealed that following the presidential election, he received suggestions to delay Nawrocki’s swearing-in. The remarks caused public uproar:
“I was repeatedly urged to delay Karol Nawrocki’s swearing-in as President of the Republic of Poland, effectively carrying out a coup d’état,” Hołownia stated. He added that such suggestions came from individuals “who were unhappy with the results of the presidential election.”
Following the media backlash, Hołownia clarified in a Saturday statement that his use of the term “coup d’état” was a political assessment, not a legal one. “Let’s not look for conspiracies where there are none,” he said.