Likewise, Ziobro — a member of PiS — called the court order to escort him to the hearing illegal.
The Tusk coalition, which ousted PiS from power after an October election, has ignored the Constitutional Tribunal as a PiS holdout. PiS stacked it with loyalists as part of controversial judiciary reform, which the European Union considers unlawful.
“An arrest would make Minister Ziobro available for questioning,” said Zbigniew Zembaczyński, a member of the investigating commission from the biggest party in the ruling coalition, of the commission’s detention motion.
“This isn’t a commission, these people are impostors,” Michał Wójcik, a PiS lawmaker, told media in the parliament building.
The Friday commotion lands during a campaign ahead of the presidential election this May. PiS has been fighting to retain its edge over the Tusk administration by seeking a president friendly to its agenda who, like incumbent Andrzej Duda, is willing to derail the Tusk government’s efforts. The current government lacks the parliamentary votes to override presidential vetoes.
