A THEATRE OF APPEARANCES OR A REAL RECKONING? THE UNCOMPROMISING DIAGNOSIS OF PROF. JACEK IZYDORCZYK
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S COMMENT OF THE DAY
A THEATRE OF APPEARANCES OR A REAL RECKONING? THE UNCOMPROMISING DIAGNOSIS OF PROF. JACEK IZYDORCZYK
Date: 9 September 2026 | Author: Mieczysław Dzikowski – Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta ALGOOMNI
A wave of reports on the Zondacrypto affair is rolling through the public debate, presented by the media and politicians as the supposed “beginning of the end” of Law and Justice (PiS), on the model of the old Rywin affair for the SLD. As Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta ALGOOMNI, however, I cannot pass by indifferently the fundamental, uncompromising conversation that editor Tomasz Pichór conducted on Jan Piński's channel with an eminent lawyer, criminal law specialist and former diplomat – Prof. Jacek Izydorczyk.
The professor made a brutally accurate diagnosis of the state of the Polish state, exposing the fiction of the so-called “reckonings”, the deficiency of media spectacles and the systemic impotence of the current political class. Below I present a meticulous, systematic summary of all the key theses and legal and political conclusions from this conversation.
1. Zondacrypto, media “froth” and sham actions
Asked whether Zondacrypto will sink PiS, Prof. Izydorczyk cools emotions: in political history we have had the Rywin affair and the tapes affair (“the octopus dinners”), but what becomes a political breakthrough depends on how the subject is handled and what resonates with society.
In the professor's assessment, the Zondacrypto case – although crimes and any recordings should be prosecuted without exception – bears the hallmarks of sham actions and “whipping up froth”, aimed at occupying public attention with a substitute spectacle instead of a firm reckoning of the gravest matters.
2. The myth of “lengthy procedures”: the examples of South Korea and Austria
The professor (with 30 years of experience in the science and practice of criminal procedure) categorically refutes the current government's claims that perpetrators from circles of power cannot be tried quickly because of complicated court and prosecutorial procedures. That is a lie.
The example of South Korea: after the failed coup of December 2024, the most senior officials and the former president went through investigations and first- and second-instance trials within a few months to a year, serving sentences of life imprisonment, 30 years and 7 years (the prosecutor sought the death penalty for the former president). In Poland, since autumn 2023, politicians burdened by hard evidence are still shining at liberty.
The case of Josef Fritzl in Austria: the trial for monstrous, multi-strand crimes lasted a mere 4 days (from Monday to Thursday). When the justice system wants to act, procedures are no obstacle.
3. The principle of legality and impunity in clear-cut cases
Poland applies the principle of legality, which obliges the prosecution service to prosecute every publicly prosecutable offence ex officio.
We are dealing with many cases that are simply clear-cut (such as the case of the prosecutor who kept files in his garage), where preparatory proceedings should be closed within a month, and the indictment and judgment delivered within three months at most. Instead, cases are suspended or swept under the carpet.
4. A quarter of a million “excess deaths” – a conspiracy of silence and a systemic crime
In Prof. Izydorczyk's assessment, the greatest and most hushed-up tragedy of PiS rule is the 250,000 excess deaths of Poles during the restrictions and the paralysis of healthcare under the pretext of COVID-19 (a death toll comparable to the losses of the Warsaw Uprising).
People died and are still dying because of the lack of early oncological and cardiological diagnostics.
A cross-party conspiracy of silence surrounds this tragedy, because the then opposition (now in government) was at the time demanding even more drastic restrictions and lockdowns. This matter borders on a crime against the nation, for which specific persons in the decision-making chain should be held criminally liable.
5. Changing the system of government without changing the Constitution is a coup d'état
The second most serious charge is the crime of a coup d'état. The professor recalled Jarosław Kaczyński's public declarations of 2023 that “they had changed the system”.
Under Polish law, changing the state's system of government while bypassing the procedure for amending the Constitution of the Republic of Poland fulfils the elements of a coup d'état – the gravest crime, punishable by life imprisonment. The failure to prosecute these acts is proof of the state's abdication.
6. The political class's vulnerability to blackmail: Collegium Humanum and “the case of the stolen frying pan”
The professor drew attention to the terrifying level of vulnerability of the Polish political scene to compromising material and to being steered by the special services.
Collegium Humanum: the scandal of fake master's and MBA diplomas was no accident – it bears the hallmarks of an operation to fabricate compromising material on politicians of various affiliations who needed a “piece of paper” at any cost in order to sit on company boards and councils.
The case of the politician stealing a frying pan in a supermarket: Poles often laugh at such reports, but in reality this exposes the grotesque, demoralised nature of individuals sitting in parliament, who can easily be manipulated.
Scepticism towards the new and old Konfederacja and anti-system movements: just like the Kukiz movement, which offered no hope and was pacified, all new political entities (including circles with strange connections) are immediately infiltrated and taken over by the special services.
7. The three pillars of the security of the Republic
Poles must stop getting excited about media fireworks and firmly demand the delivery of three fundamental priorities:
External security: Absolutely stopping Poland from being drawn into any war and safeguarding military sovereignty.
Internal security: Restoring an elementary legal order, immediately halting mass migration from Third World countries and limiting and regulating the issue of migration from Ukraine.
Economic security: Protecting national assets from being thoughtlessly handed out left and right, and opposing uncritical subordination to external decision-making centres (a reference to Minister Radosław Sikorski's attitude towards pressure from across the ocean).
8. The true elite of the nation and the thought of Roman Dmowski
Poland urgently needs politicians and leaders who have nothing on their conscience, who are not afraid and who will not allow themselves to be broken by blackmail from the services or foreign powers. Such people exist in the nation, but they must be given a voice by conscious voters.
The conversation is summed up by Roman Dmowski's fundamental maxim: “No external force will ever defeat a united nation”. If Polish ministers and decision-makers were able to put the interest of their own state above submissiveness to foreign embassies and say a firm “NO”, they would gain the most powerful defender – their own sovereign Nation.
Editorial Summary
As Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta ALGOOMNI, I fully endorse Prof. Jacek Izydorczyk's uncompromising call: Poles must hold those in power to account for their promises every day and not allow themselves to be beguiled by media circuses.
The Zondacrypto affair and the cryptocurrency flows must be thoroughly investigated, but it must not be allowed to become a smokescreen for high treason, for a quarter of a million compatriots who died without help, and for the further dismantling of the sovereignty of the Republic. It is time for a rule of law based on courage, not on fear of the services' files.
25 PILLARS OF ALGOOMNI
FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY, EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW AND CIVIC SOVEREIGNTY
(Open civic forum: weekly updates and new points added. Submit proposals to: biuro@algoomni.com or via the portal www.algoomni.com)
THE SANCTITY OF EVERY VOTE
Every vote cast is the supreme, direct and inviolable mandate of the sovereign in the state. No digital algorithm, no politicised electoral commission and no backroom party deal has the right to annul, falsify, distort or ignore the will of the citizens. Transparency, physical verifiability and public scrutiny of the electoral process at every stage constitute the inviolable foundation of the existence of the Republic.
A RECOUNT OF VOTES AND INSPECTION OF THE 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The absolute necessity of carrying out a comprehensive inspection by commission and a new, 100% open and publicly broadcast recount of all ballot papers from the 2025 presidential election. Taking the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland in the shadow of procedural machinations, amid the paralysis of oversight bodies and the staggering passivity of the authorities of the time, constituted a violation of the constitutional order that requires the material truth to be fully clarified.
HOLDING PIS TO ACCOUNT – AN UNCOMPROMISING “ZERO OPTION”
Full, uncompromising criminal, constitutional and financial liability for the systemic destruction of the legal order, the dismantling of the separation of powers and the unlawful transfers of public funds during the years of PiS rule. A rejection of any rotten compromises, political deals or lenient treatment – every scandal, embezzlement and act of lawlessness must be adjudicated to the very bottom.
HOLDING THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR ITS OMISSIONS AND FAILURE TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS
A government that received a democratic mandate to restore the rule of law, but which, in the name of conformism, political calculation and a quiet life, chose procrastination and the sin of omission, must bear unequivocal political responsibility. The absence of firm accountability will take its revenge at the ballot box and open the way to a constitutional relapse of anti-democratic forces.
THE COMPLETE ABOLITION OF IMMUNITIES
The definitive abolition of parliamentary, judicial, prosecutorial and official immunities. All citizens without exception must be 100% equal before the law and answer before the same common courts. The institution of immunity has been utterly perverted, becoming a pathological shield protecting corruption, common crimes, abuses of power and the impunity of elites.
A MANDATORY TWO-TERM LIMIT IN ALL BODIES
The introduction of a hard limit of a maximum of two terms (counted over a lifetime) for MPs, senators, city presidents, mayors, heads of rural municipalities and the heads of state agencies and central offices. An end to a professional caste of politicians welded to their seats for decades and to the creation of entrenched bureaucratic clans feeding on citizens' property.
MANDATORY TOXICOLOGY TESTS FOR PERSONS IN THE HIGHEST OFFICES
Mandatory, independent and random laboratory tests (blood, urine, hair) carried out every 3 months for the President of the Republic of Poland, the Prime Minister, ministers, deputy ministers, MPs, senators and heads of state institutions. Refusal to undergo testing or a positive result results in immediate and automatic dismissal from office. Persons deciding on the security and fate of the nation must be fully sane, responsible and free from chemical addictions.
A CITIZENS' CONSTITUTION WITH FIXED DEADLINES
The new Basic Law must be written directly by citizens and independent experts, not by politicians and law firms concerned with their own impunity. The absolute elimination of discretionary, elastic wording such as “without delay” or “within a reasonable time” and its replacement with precise calendar days, on pain of automatic loss of office by the official or judge should they be exceeded.
STRICT ORDER OF RECEIPT IN COURTS AND OFFICES
A statutory, absolute requirement to proceed with and examine cases according to the exact date, minute and hour of their receipt by courts, prosecutors' offices and public administration offices. A final end to the “freezers” for cases inconvenient to those in power, the political favouring of court calendars, the selection of cases at the dictate of cliques and the deliberate protraction of proceedings so that they become time-barred.
FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE LIST OF THOSE ILLEGALLY SURVEILLED WITH DIGITAL SYSTEMS
The immediate publication of a full, open and complete register of all persons surveilled with cyberweapons (Pegasus, Hermes, Predator, Feng and related systems). The public and public figures have an inalienable right to know who was wiretapped, blackmailed, manipulated and operationally destroyed when strategic state and economic decisions were being taken.
FULL CRIMINAL, CIVIL AND FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF OFFICIALS, JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS
The introduction of full, personal criminal, civil and financial liability (with all private assets, present and future) for the president, prime ministers, ministers, MPs, senators, heads of rural municipalities, mayors, councillors, state officials, and unconditionally for judges and prosecutors, for knowingly violating the Constitution, corruption, fabricating evidence, issuing unlawful decisions and judgments, gross omissions and errors causing losses to the State Treasury or harm to citizens. An end to hiding with impunity behind a judicial robe, immunity or an official stamp – for lawlessness and damage, those in power, judges and prosecutors must pay out of their own pockets and answer criminally like any other citizen.
A TOTAL BAN ON HOLDING MULTIPLE OFFICES AND A BAN ON SITTING ON THE BOARDS OF STATE TREASURY COMPANIES
A radical, absolute ban on sitting on the management boards, supervisory boards and advisory bodies of State Treasury companies, municipal companies and government agencies for ministers, deputy ministers, senior state and local government officials, MPs, senators, heads of rural municipalities, mayors, city presidents and councillors (with a 5-year cooling-off period after leaving office). A final severing of the pathology of party cronyism, nepotism and the milking of state assets by political appointees.
AN ABSOLUTE BAN ON SWITCHING PARLIAMENTARY CLUBS AND COUNCIL GROUPS (A BAN ON POLITICAL TOURISM)
The mandate of an MP, senator and councillor is bound to the will of the voters expressed on the electoral committee's list. Leaving the club, moving to another grouping or political mandate corruption results in the automatic expiry of the mandate and replacement by the next person on the electoral list. An end to trading in citizens' votes in parliament and local government.
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE AT VOTES AND SESSIONS ON PAIN OF LOSING ONE'S MANDATE
The work of a parliamentarian and councillor is a firm official duty towards the sovereign. Unexcused absence from sittings of the Sejm, the Senate, committees or key votes exceeding 10% in a quarter results in automatic loss of the mandate by operation of law, with no right to severance pay or a parliamentary pension.
FULL TRANSPARENCY OF EXPENDITURE: ALLOWANCES, MILEAGE AND OFFICES SETTLED EXCLUSIVELY BY PAYMENT CARD
A total ban on cash, lump-sum and advance settlements in parliamentary and local government activity. All office expenses, expert opinions, hotels, business trips and mileage must be paid exclusively with a personal official card linked to a public online register of expenditure available to every citizen in real time. Any attempt at mileage fraud means an immediate referral to the prosecutor.
AN END TO “SACRED COWS”: THE SAME LAW FOR POLITICIANS, JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, THE SERVICES AND JOURNALISTS
Equal law for all without caste privileges. The abolition of separate procedures, immunities, secret disciplinary courts and arrangements protecting politicians, prosecutors, judges, special services officers and the journalists linked to them. Every crime, obstruction of justice, fabrication of operational material or paid media protection will be tried in open proceedings before a jury.
SYSTEMIC PROTECTION AND STRICT COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT OF FORMER SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICERS
Special services officers (AW, ABW, SKW, SWW, CBA) who possess knowledge of state secrets must not be abandoned on the open market as easy prey for foreign intelligence services and criminal groups. The introduction of a 10-year ban on working for foreign entities and in sensitive sectors (cryptocurrencies, finance, gambling), combined with fair state analytical remuneration and permanent counter-intelligence protection.
FULL TRANSPARENCY AND A BLOCK ON INFILTRATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Every draft law, regulation and amendment must have a public, digital register of its authors by first and last name, and a lobbying trail. An absolute ban on laws being written by external law firms and lobbyists linked to foreign capital. All attempts to block anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering legislation to be treated as diplomatic treason.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND AN END TO BUDGET FUNDING OF RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES
The immediate abolition of the Church Fund, the taxation of the income of religious associations under general rules and an absolute ban on transferring State Treasury and local government property for next to nothing. Religious associations may be financed exclusively from voluntary tax allocations by the faithful (a voluntary church tax).
A CITIZENS' VETO AND BINDING REFERENDUMS WITH NO TURNOUT THRESHOLD
Restoring real power to the sovereign: a motion supported by 500,000 citizens' signatures obliges the Sejm to call a nationwide referendum, the result of which is absolutely binding on the state authorities, with no possibility of applying a turnout threshold. The executive and legislative authorities are prohibited from overriding the will of the nation expressed in a referendum.
DIGITAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: ONLY REAL DATA IN THE PUBLIC SPACE AND ON THE INTERNET
A requirement to verify identity and use real data when registering, logging in, publishing articles, running newspapers and operating social media and app accounts. An end to troll farms, bots, false identities and organised disinformation – every participant in public debate and on digital platforms must bear full, personal legal responsibility for the content they publish.
TOTAL TRANSPARENCY OF SERVICE: BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR OFFICIALS AND UNIFORMED FORMATIONS
An absolute obligation to make audiovisual recordings of all official activities undertaken by state officials, customs officers, police officers and officers of all uniformed and special services by means of permanently active body-worn cameras. The recording constitutes hard evidence in disciplinary and criminal proceedings, eliminating violence, abuses of power, extortion and the fabrication of charges.
DIRECT ELECTIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RECALLING JUDGES, PROSECUTORS AND MINISTERS
The introduction of universal, direct civic elections and a mechanism for the sovereign to recall judges, prosecutors, senior officials, ministers and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. The definitive elimination of the political and party-based key for appointments, nepotism and corrupt backroom promotions in favour of direct verification and a mandate of trust from citizens.
FULL DECLASSIFICATION OF ARCHIVES: OPENING THE IPN FILES AND THOSE OF THE COMMUNIST-ERA SERVICES
The immediate, one-hundred-percent opening and full publication of all archival materials, personal and operational files of the IPN (Institute of National Remembrance) and of the communist special services (SB, WSW, Directorate II of the General Staff). The abolition of the so-called restricted collections, in order to definitively cut off the possibility of blackmail, manipulation of the political scene, building up agents' “hooks” and concealing the past of decision-makers.
A PUBLIC LIST OF ILLEGAL SECRET COLLABORATORS IN PROFESSIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST
The unconditional publication of a complete register of persons practising professions of public trust (judges, prosecutors, doctors, advocates, legal advisers, journalists) who were illegally recruited or entered into covert cooperation with the special services, including the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA). Secret entanglement within the structures of the justice system, the media and healthcare constitutes a direct threat to the rule of law and civil liberties.