Piotr Antoni Skiba, spokesman for the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office, said on Monday that Hołownia would be questioned as a witness "in the coming days or weeks," state news agency PAP reported.
“At this stage, the Speaker’s public statements require him to be questioned as a witness,” Skiba said, adding that the timing of the questioning would depend on Hołownia’s availability.
Speaking to private broadcaster Polsat News on Friday, Hołownia said he had been “repeatedly” urged to delay or refuse to convene the National Assembly, a joint session of both houses of parliament that formally inaugurates a president.
He said the pressure came from those who opposed the results of the presidential election.
"We are very interested in what the Speaker has to say regarding incitement to a possible coup d’état," Skiba said, adding that prosecutors were prepared for a "very long, exhaustive hearing."
The probe follows calls from Poland’s conservative opposition for an investigation into Hołownia’s remarks.
Bartosz Lewandowski, a lawyer for the ultraconservative Ordo Iuris legal group, said on Friday that he had submitted a motion to prosecutors requesting that Hołownia be questioned and compelled to identify the individuals involved.
Hołownia, who serves as Speaker of the lower house, the Sejm, and is a key figure in the centrist governing coalition, declined to name those who allegedly approached him.
He said "the time will come" when he may reveal their identities, possibly in future memoirs.
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Source: IAR, PAP, Polsat News, TVN24