Szymon Hołownia continues to avoid further testimony regarding his statements about an alleged “coup d’état.” As a result, the prosecutor’s office intends to submit a motion to the Sejm to lift his parliamentary immunity and impose a fine. At the end of last week, investigators sent a letter on the matter to Speaker of the Sejm Włodzimierz Czarzasty. The prosecutor’s “pressing” actions coincide with media attacks on Hołownia, first launched by Rzeczpospolita and later by Polityka.
Investigators want to continue questioning Hołownia as a witness. On October 10, 2025, at his request, the hearing was interrupted and concluded after he answered the prosecutor’s questions. Present at the time were the President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, and attorney Bartosz Lewandowski, acting as legal representative of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) in proceedings concerning the alleged “coup d’état.” The case also included a motion to question the Speaker over remarks he made in July of the previous year. Speaking to journalists at the time, attorney Lewandowski said that both he and the President of the Constitutional Tribunal would have “a number of additional questions” for Hołownia.
Moreover, the President of the Constitutional Tribunal filed a motion with the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw requesting the imposition of a financial penalty on the witness for failing to appear for questioning without justification.
Since then—despite additional dates set by prosecutors—Hołownia has avoided appearing.
Growing Frustration at the Prosecutor’s Office
The District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw received information from the new Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, that its previous letters from December and February had been forwarded to Szymon Hołownia, who currently serves as Deputy Speaker. The former leader of Poland 2050 has not responded to them. Investigators have therefore taken another step.
“On February 20, the case prosecutor sent a letter to the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, requesting that a response be provided within the previously demanded scope. She concluded that the Deputy Speaker’s failure to respond to inquiries from another lawful and independent state authority—the prosecutor’s office—constitutes a breach of parliamentary ethics, the principle of accountability, care for the good name of the Sejm, and the obligation to act in the public interest. In the letter addressed to the Speaker of the Sejm, a request was made to consider taking appropriate measures pursuant to the Rules of Procedure of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland,” Piotr Antoni Skiba, spokesperson for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, told Niezależna.pl.
To impose a court-ordered fine or penalty when an MP does not consent, the prosecutor’s office must apply to the Sejm to lift parliamentary immunity.
Given that Szymon Hołownia was questioned by the prosecutor and answered the prosecutor’s questions but did not respond to questions from the parties to the proceedings—namely the National Council of the Judiciary and the Constitutional Tribunal—the case prosecutor sent separate letters to those bodies. Their content was cited by the spokesperson of the District Prosecutor’s Office in conversation with us:
“Taking into account the need to consider the justification for filing motions to potentially lift Szymon Hołownia’s parliamentary immunity in order to impose a procedural fine for failure to appear at a supplementary witness hearing, as well as the lack of response to letters requesting that he indicate dates that would not conflict with his professional duties, the injured authorities were given a 14-day deadline to submit the questions they intend to ask the witness, namely Szymon Hołownia.”
Investigation into an Alleged Coup d’État
The motion to the prosecutor’s office concerning Hołownia’s July statement was filed by attorney Lewandowski. Ultimately, it was incorporated into the broader investigation into an alleged coup d’état initiated following a notification by Święczkowski. The notification concerned a suspected coup attempt allegedly involving, among others, the Prime Minister, the Speakers of the Sejm and Senate, ministers, and the head of the Government Legislation Centre.
The investigation into the alleged coup was initiated by Deputy Prosecutor General Michał Ostrowski and was taken over on February 27 last year by the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office.
Media Attacks on Hołownia
A few days ago, Rzeczpospolita published an article stating that Szymon Hołownia was struggling with depression. The former Speaker of the Sejm posted a statement criticizing the author and accusing him of “violent outing.” The editor-in-chief apologized to Hołownia, and shortly thereafter the article disappeared from the newspaper’s online edition.
Hołownia also faced the cover of the latest issue of Polityka. Its main theme concerned early retirement for uniformed services. The cover featured Marta Nawrocka and Urszula Brzezińska-Hołownia. At the beginning of 2026, after more than a dozen years of service, the former Speaker’s wife decided to transfer to the military reserve.
“This is an extremely disgusting move. The wives of politicians, regardless of what we think about the politicians themselves, did not choose this profession in order to be politicians’ wives. It is not their fault,” the Deputy Speaker said.