{"id":12167,"date":"2026-07-15T19:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/battle-for-ombudsman-sejm-hosts-candidates-for-human-rights-office\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:49:34","slug":"battle-for-ombudsman-sejm-hosts-candidates-for-human-rights-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/battle-for-ombudsman-sejm-hosts-candidates-for-human-rights-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle for Ombudsman: Sejm Hosts Candidates for Human Rights Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sejm Justice and Human Rights Committee is currently evaluating nominees for the position of Ombudsman, as PiS puts forward Adam Borowski while the KO and Left coalition backs Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram.  <\/p>\n<h4>Committee Review of Ombudsman Nominations<\/h4>\n<p>The Sejm Committee on Justice and Human Rights is holding a session to review and provide opinions on candidates for the Ombudsman position. Parliamentary members are debating which of the two nominees\u2014Adam Borowski or Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram\u2014is best suited for the role.<\/p>\n<h4>PiS Nomination of Adam Borowski<\/h4>\n<p>MP Mariusz Gosek, presenting the candidacy of Adam Borowski, emphasized the need for an Ombudsman who is courageous, independent, and resistant to political pressure. He argued that the office requires a candidate capable of standing against any government when citizens&#8217; rights are violated.<\/p>\n<p>Gosek stated that Borowski possesses the character and steadfastness proven during historical challenges, suggesting these traits are essential for defending the rights of every citizen regardless of their beliefs.<\/p>\n<h4>KO and Left Support for Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram<\/h4>\n<p>MP Katarzyna Piekarska highlighted that candidate Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in social activism and human rights advocacy. Since 2010, she has combined professional legal practice with civil rights activism.<\/p>\n<p>Piekarska noted that Gregorczyk-Abram has consistently worked to protect human rights standards and represents individuals whose freedoms are at risk. She asserted that the candidate&#8217;s professional background provides a guarantee of competence for the office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sejm Justice and Human Rights Committee is currently evaluating nominees for the position of Ombudsman, as PiS puts forward Adam Borowski while the KO and Left coalition backs Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram. Committee Review of Ombudsman Nominations The Sejm Committee on Justice and Human Rights is holding a session to review and provide opinions on candidates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}