Polish police have briefly detained an opposition Polish lawmaker in violation of her parliamentary immunity after she interrupted a campaign speech by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
involving some consular workers who are reported to have taken bribes in return for giving visas to Africans and Asians.
Poland’s Law and Justice ruling party has sought to downplay the scandal as it fights for an unprecedented third consecutive term. Marcin Kierwinski, the secretary general of the Civic Coalition electoral alliance to which the 33-year-old Gajewska belongs, denounced the detention. “These are Belarusian standards,” Kierwinski said. “The police detained her even though she repeated that she was a member of parliament.”
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