Polish intelligence services will investigate after Sławomir Cenckiewicz was denied access to a National Security Council meeting due to ongoing legal proceedings.
Access to Classified Information Denied
On Thursday, February 12, Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the coordinator of special services, stated that Sławomir Cenckiewicz does not have access to classified information due to ongoing court proceedings. “In connection with this, he cannot be admitted in any mode (even with one-time consent) to a meeting marked with a confidentiality clause,” Dobrzyński wrote.
“Ignoring the law and attempts at manipulation will absolutely not change the factual state, i.e., the lack of valid certification. The Internal Security Agency will take appropriate action in this matter,” Dobrzyński added.
Spokesman Accuses Presidential Aide of Lying
Dobrzyński decisively rejected the arguments of presidential spokesman Rafał Leskiewicz. “Presidential spokesman Rafał Leskiewicz is lying. Minister Tomasz Siemoniak exposes his lies,” he wrote on X.
The controversy stems from Leskiewicz’s statement in an RMF FM interview, where he claimed that “at the RBN meeting, coordinator of special services Tomasz Siemoniak was present and did not raise objections regarding the access to information of the head of the BBN.”
One-Time Access Decision
Vice-Marshal of the Sejm Piotr Zgorzelski revealed after the meetings that the head of the National Security Office Sławomir Cenckiewicz was admitted to the closed sessions of the National Security Council on the basis of a “one-time decision” by the head of the presidential chancellery.
