Sejm committee to vote Friday on referring NBP chief Glapiński to State Tribunal
The Sejm committee is scheduled to adopt its report at 9:00 on Friday, 9 October, in a closed session. The motion accuses the NBP governor of indirectly financing the budget deficit through 2020-2021 asset purchases, a charge the central bank calls entirely unfounded.
Friday's committee session
The Sejm's Constitutional Responsibility Committee is due to adopt its reports on the preliminary motion to bring National Bank of Poland (NBP) president Adam Glapiński before the State Tribunal at a closed session at 9:00 on Friday, 9 October. The committee has finished gathering evidence and hearing witnesses, and on Tuesday it discussed the draft report. Chairman Zdzisław Gawlik (KO) said work on the final report has started and that it is to be presented to the Sejm Marshal. Until the Marshal receives it, Gawlik said, all information from the committee's work is subject to a clause, secrecy. Work on the matter has run since May 2024, and the preliminary motion named more than 60 witnesses, of whom more than 50 have been heard so far.
The allegations
The motion was filed by coalition deputies in the Sejm in March 2024, though money.pl dates its arrival in the Sejm to May 2024. It accuses Glapiński of violating the constitution and statutes, among other things by indirectly financing the budget deficit through asset purchases in 2020-2021, by conducting those purchases without 'proper authorisation' from the Monetary Policy Council, and by breaching the duty of political neutrality. The NBP considers the charges entirely unfounded and believes the whole procedure could paralyse the work of the central bank. Glapiński has said the NBP will not take part in the procedure and that the committee's decisions do not matter to the bank, citing a 2024 Constitutional Tribunal ruling in the case. In February 2026, Finance and Economy Minister Andrzej Domański denied media reports that the Civic Coalition (KO) had dropped plans to refer Glapiński to the Tribunal.
Witnesses and political background
The witnesses heard include Monetary Policy Council members Joanna Tyrowicz and Ludwik Kotecki, Financial Supervision Authority head Jacek Jastrzębski, former PKO BP president Zbigniew Jagiełło and former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised during the 2023 election campaign to dismiss the NBP president. The pledge has an earlier form: at a Civic Platform convention in Radom in July 2022, Tusk said that if his party won he would 'lead Glapiński out of the NBP', and Tomasz Siemoniak spoke in a similar tone. It was later explained that the aim was to challenge the legality of Glapiński's election rather than remove him by force. On 15 July 2022 the NBP filed notifications with prosecutors over the statements of Tusk and Siemoniak.
- Tusk pledges at Radom convention to lead Glapiński out of the NBP
- NBP files notifications with prosecutors over Tusk and Siemoniak statements
- Sejm committee begins work on the motion, which named more than 60 witnesses
- Domański denies reports that KO dropped plans to refer Glapiński to the Tribunal
- Committee scheduled to adopt its report in a closed session
Legal hurdles and alternatives
The constitution allows the Sejm to refer the NBP president to the Tribunal for breaching the law in connection with his office. The dispute concerns how many MPs must back such a resolution and what its consequences would be. Money.pl reports that the road from referral to removal from office is long and full of legal obstacles. Unofficial information from money.pl suggests political circles are also weighing a curator or a commissioner management board at the NBP, options that could open a new chapter of the conflict. Business Insider reports that Tusk could halt the entire procedure, and that even a green light from the Sejm would not lead to a quick trial. The opinions of the European Central Bank and of Domański also matter, according to the same outlet.
What comes next
If the committee adopts its report on Friday, the document goes to the Sejm Marshal, and the Sejm would then decide whether to refer Glapiński to the Tribunal. Until the report reaches the Marshal, the committee's information remains under the confidentiality clause Gawlik described.
