Polish committee recommends State Tribunal proceedings against Adam Glapinski

A Polish parliamentary committee recommended State Tribunal proceedings against central bank governor Adam Glapinski on October 9. He rejects the allegations. The Sejm must decide whether the case proceeds.

Committee chairman Zdzislaw Gawlik said the panel found the allegations justified. They concern alleged indirect financing of the budget deficit through asset purchases in 2020–2021, operations without proper Monetary Policy Council authorisation and politicisation of the central bank.

The report will go to parliament's lower house for a vote. No date has been set. Under the procedure described by Reuters, voting cannot take place until at least 21 days after all lawmakers have had an opportunity to review the document.

On October 8, Glapinski called the proceedings unfounded and harmful to Poland's interests. He said the bank would not yield to political pressure and that neither parliament nor the government could interfere with its monetary policy.

The required voting majority remains disputed. Reuters cites an absolute majority with at least half of all deputies present. The Constitutional Tribunal ruled in 2024 that a three-fifths majority was required, but the government does not recognise that ruling as valid.

Adoption of the resolution would suspend Glapinski from office. The committee's recommendation is not itself a tribunal finding of guilt. His second and final term expires in June 2028.

Glapinski has longstanding ties to Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, whose party lost power in 2023. Gawlik represents Prime Minister Donald Tusk's party, which pledged to hold accountable people it accuses of wrongdoing under the previous administration.