This deputy is also known for his anti-Ukrainian statements.
In Poland, a Ukrainophobe deputy from the far-right Confederation party, Grzegorz Braun, decided disrupt a ceremony dedicated to the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which took place in the corridors of the Sejm. The politician took a fire extinguisher and extinguished the Hanukkah candle. As a result, the corridors were filled with powder from the fire extinguisher, and there was a lot of smoke around.
The Polish publication wprost.pl writes about this.
How the deputy explained his actions and how he was punished
“Racist motives are being attributed to me here, while I am in the process of restoring a state of normalcy and balance here, putting an end to the acts of Satanic, Talmudic celebration, because that is precisely the message of this holiday,” he tried to explain member of the “Confederation” for his scandalous behavior.
Speaker of the Sejm Shimon Golovnya decided to punish the scandalous deputy.
“There could only be one reaction from the Sejm Bureau. Mr. Braun was excluded from the Sejm meeting by me personally, that is, he will not be able to take part in the meeting until the end of this session. I announced a break so that he could leave the hall. He left the Sejm building and I hope , that he will not return here in the near future,” said Shimon Golovnya.
Golovnya also reported that sanctions were applied to the deputy in the form of deprivation of half of the deputy’s remuneration for three months and the entire deputy’s allowance for six months.
The actions of Grzegorz Braun were also condemned in the administration of President Duda. They noted that the Polish leader was outraged by the incident in the Sejm. After the scandal, the prosecutor’s office also became interested in the politician’s actions.
What is known about Grzegorz Braun and his attitude towards Ukraine
Grzegorz Braun not only has a negative attitude towards Jewish traditions, but has also repeatedly made anti-Ukrainian statements. He previously called for “stopping the Banderization of Poland,” and also stated that “the Germans and Jews will not teach us history.”
Before Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, he repeatedly regretted the deterioration of Polish-Russian relations and was the only member of the Polish Sejm who did not vote for the resolution calling on the EU and NATO to help Ukraine.
Also in November 2022, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Malgorzata Gosiewska called Brown a “Russian footcloth” and asked him whether he still prays in Polish or already in Russian.
It is noteworthy that the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Poland Bartolomew Sienkiewicz said that the Confederation party led by Brown is the “party of Russia” in the Polish parliament and plays the role of a Russian fifth column.
Recall that in September 2022, the Confederation party organized rallies against Ukrainian refugees, but no one came there.
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