Polish MP who put out a Jewish chandelier with a fire extinguisher is suspended

The far-right Confederation coalition announced this Wednesday the suspension of deputy Grzegorz Braun, who used a fire extinguisher to extinguish a nine-branched candelabra placed in Parliament to commemorate the Jewish festival of lights.

Braun, who leads the party, argued in extinguishing the candles that he was “restoring a state of normality” and “ending acts of satanic triumphalism.”

The suspension has been confirmed by the co-president of the Confederation, Slawomir Mentzen, on his official profile on the social network of speakers.

“Only the Confederation club will decide who will be a member of our club. We will not allow anyone to blackmail us in this matter,” Mentzen added.

After the incident involving Braun, the deputy intervened from the speakers' gallery during the question of confidence in the new Executive of Donald Tusk, all with the approval of the Sejm board, whose vice-president is the also deputy of the Confederation Kryzstof Bosak.

This episode has put the position of the vice president of the Polish Lower House in danger, since the Left bench presented a motion to remove him from office for allowing Braun to get on the stage and proclaim a speech that they call anti-Semitic, reports the PAP agency. .

For his part, the president of the Sejm, Szymon Holownia, announced that Braun will be punished with the highest penalty that could be imposed for this case, which is the deprivation of half his salary for three months, and the full allowance for half a month. anus.

Likewise, Holownia gave the 'green light' for notification to be submitted to the Prosecutor's Office regarding the possible crime of public disturbance of a religious act.