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Zondacrypto Scandal: Polish Government Prepares New Cryptocurrency Bill as PiS Defends Nawrocki’s Decision

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

Translated from Polish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Poland’s Finance Ministry is preparing a new cryptocurrency bill after the Sejm failed to override President Karol Nawrocki’s veto.
  • The veto received 198 votes against it, while 241 lawmakers voted to reject it, short of the required three-fifths majority.
  • The dispute has intensified political attacks over Zondacrypto, including claims involving former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro and alleged payments cited by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Poland’s government is preparing another cryptocurrency bill after the Sejm failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto. The new draft is being developed at the Finance Ministry, according to lawmakers from the governing coalition.

There will be another cryptocurrency bill.

· Dorota ŁobodaThe Civic Coalition parliamentary spokeswoman said the Finance Ministry was working on a new proposal.

Dorota Łoboda, spokeswoman for the parliamentary club of the Civic Coalition, said a new bill would be presented. Krzysztof Paszyk of the Polish People’s Party confirmed that work was under way and said the coming days should clarify when the proposal would appear. Finance Minister Andrzej Domański also addressed the dispute, accusing Law and Justice of first defending Nawrocki’s vetoes and then blaming the state for failing to protect Polish citizens.

The Sejm needed three-fifths of lawmakers present to reject the veto. A total of 241 deputies voted in favor, 198 voted against and three abstained. Most Civic Coalition, PSL, Poland 2050, Centrum and Left lawmakers supported the motion. Law and Justice, Rozwój+, Confederation and KKP voted against it.

First Law and Justice defended the president Nawrocki’s successive vetoes, preventing regulation of the cryptocurrency market. Then for weeks it hypocritically accused the state of failing to protect Poles. Today they had a choice again: the safety of Poles or the dubious interests of the crypto business. They chose: crypto silver coins. To be continued.

· Andrzej DomańskiThe finance minister criticized Law and Justice in a post on X after the Sejm vote.

The vote triggered a sharp exchange between the government and the president’s camp. Presidential minister Zbigniew Bogucki demanded the release of files from discontinued investigations into Zondacrypto after Prime Minister Donald Tusk quoted testimony that he said implicated the opposition. A government representative told Rzeczpospolita that the president’s vetoes exposed him to suspicion of supporting an unregulated market.

These are incidents, they have nothing to do with Law and Justice.

· Jarosław KaczyńskiThe Law and Justice leader responded to questions about the Zondacrypto scandal.

Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński called the allegations “incidents” unrelated to his party, but described actions attributed to Zbigniew Ziobro as “a mistake.” Tusk had cited testimony alleging that Ziobro promised to stop the cases if he returned to the Justice Ministry, along with claims that 2 million zlotys would be paid through the Sovereign Poland Foundation and 500,000 zlotys for Ziobro’s personal needs. Ziobro, who is in the United States, remains a deputy leader of Law and Justice.

That was a mistake.

· Jarosław KaczyńskiKaczyński assessed actions attributed to former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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