PiS MP Dariusz Matecki and PSL Sejm briefing clash over shoving incident

A briefing on constitutional reform

On Friday, 6 November 2026, PSL politicians held a press conference in the Sejm to present their proposal for a constitutional reset and a renewal of the Constitutional Tribunal. Party leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said the group was opening public consultations on the draft. He invited NGOs, associations and other circles to help shape the text before it is filed in the Sejm. He wants the constitution changed so that the Tribunal can be reset.

“Today we are starting public consultations on this project.”

The scuffle at the briefing

During the briefing, PiS MP Dariusz Matecki walked in and began filming the speakers on his phone while loudly commenting on the initiative. He told Konrad Gwóźdź, president of the Forum of Young Ludowcy, to get away from him, and Gwóźdź stepped back and bumped into the MP. Footage published by a Republika employee shows Matecki filming over Gwóźdź's shoulder before he reached out with both hands. According to naTemat's description of the footage, Matecki struck Gwóźdź in the back with both hands. The two then exchanged sharp words for several dozen seconds, with Gwóźdź asking what Matecki was doing and Matecki calling him a boor, before the MP walked away. Kosiniak-Kamysz addressed the incident from the podium.

“Mr Matecki has arrived. Of course he is making a mess, as always.”

Conflicting accounts of who started it

The accounts of who initiated the contact differ. Matecki wrote on X that Gwóźdź had pushed him first, and he framed the episode as an attack by PSL members on opposition MPs.

“PSL boors are attacking opposition MPs in the Sejm. Good that it was recorded.”

The Republika footage shows Matecki pushing through behind the cameramen and photographers before reacting sharply. Rzeczpospolita noted that the clip does not show when he arrived at the venue or how he behaved before the incident. TVP Info quoted an unnamed rebuttal arguing that the same footage shows Matecki pushing Gwóźdź first, with the phone still in his hand.

Party response and ethics referral

The PSL club spokesman told TVP Info that Matecki had behaved outrageously toward the Forum of Young Ludowcy president and pushed him, conduct that does not befit the dignity of the Sejm. He said the matter was being sent to the Sejm ethics committee. Sejm Marshal Włodzimierz Czarzasty had already forwarded the PSL motion to the committee, the spokesman added. No source reports a decision from the ethics committee.

A record of earlier disputes

naTemat recalled earlier episodes involving Matecki in the Sejm, including an appearance with a German flag and a row in the Sejm restaurant. In September he jumped over the fence of the Academy of Justice (Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości). The articles do not connect those episodes to the current incident beyond listing them as earlier cases.