A PROTECTIVE UMBRELLA FOR MILLIONS. THE STATE IN THE SHADOW OF CRYPTOCURRENCY NETWORKS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S COMMENT OF THE DAY
A PROTECTIVE UMBRELLA FOR MILLIONS. THE STATE IN THE SHADOW OF CRYPTOCURRENCY NETWORKS
Author: Mieczysław Dzikowski (Editor-in-Chief of “Gazeta Logomarka”)
Public debate in Poland has reached a critical point at which the veil of silence and political pretence is tearing before the citizens' very eyes. In the latest programme hosted by journalist Jan Piński, featuring intelligence major Robert Cheda, accusations were made that strike a raw nerve with everyone who holds dear the sovereignty and elementary integrity of the public institutions of the Republic of Poland.
The key thread of the debate was the exposed links between people at the very top of power and entities in the cryptocurrency industry, including the case of the Zondacrypto platform. The speakers referred to public information and testimony pointing to a mechanism in which, under the cover of legal payments, donations or foundations, multi-million streams of money were allegedly flowing in return for guaranteeing impunity, spreading a “political umbrella” and torpedoing oversight and investigative proceedings.
Cynicism under the majesty of the law
The analysis presented by Maj. Robert Cheda and Jan Piński reveals a picture of a state in which declarations of patriotism and justice served as a façade for the ruthless commercialisation of public office. The sums that have emerged – running into hundreds of thousands of euros and millions of zlotys handed over under the guise of foundation activity – point to a corruption-generating mechanism on an unprecedented scale.
Particularly staggering is the fact that while an ordinary citizen or entrepreneur is subject to rigorous banking procedures for every transaction exceeding the reporting threshold, the state institutions established to combat economic crime and corruption were for years blind to transfers linking controversial virtual-currency exchanges with the circles of political decision-makers.
An asymmetric threat: chaos and external vectors
As was rightly stressed during the discussion, this problem goes far beyond classic political corruption. Institutional paralysis and the entanglement of decision-makers in opaque financial dealings create a direct vulnerability to pressure from foreign intelligence services, in particular the services of the Russian Federation, which have for years been exploiting financial grey zones to destabilise state structures in Central Europe.
The Republic cannot function in a reality where appointments to key offices are meant to serve as a protective shield for shady business interests and operations conducted under a foreign flag. This kind of pathology amounts to nothing less than the dismantling of the dignity of the rule-of-law state.
The Editorial Board's position: time for an uncompromising reckoning
As “Gazeta Logomarka”, we demand full transparency of the financial flows that fed the foundations, campaigns and advisory back-offices of those who hold power:
No immunity for behind-the-scenes commissions: Every zloty paid for alleged “consultancy” or “legal protection” must be verified by an independent prosecution service.
An end to the policy of sweeping things under the carpet: Cases discontinued in the quiet of private offices must see the light of day.
Protecting sovereignty: Links between a cryptocurrency sector with capital of unclear origin and persons holding public office must be immediately scrutinised by counter-intelligence for foreign operational influence.
Poland is not a commodity up for tender, and citizens have an inalienable right to the truth about what goes on behind the scenes of power.
20 ALGOOMNI
FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY, EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW AND CIVIC SOVEREIGNTY
(Open civic forum: updated weekly with new points added. Send your proposals to: biuro@algoomni.com or via the portal http://algoomni.com)
THE SANCTITY OF EVERY VOTE: Every vote cast is the supreme, direct and inviolable mandate of the sovereign people 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 form the inviolable foundation of the existence of the Republic of Poland.
A RECOUNT AND INSPECTION OF THE 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: The absolute necessity of a comprehensive, formal inspection and a renewed, 100% open and publicly broadcast recount of all ballot papers from the 2025 presidential election. The assumption of 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 day, constituted a violation of the constitutional order that requires the material truth to be fully established.
A RECKONING WITH PIS – AN UNCOMPROMISING “ZERO OPTION”: Full, uncompromising criminal, constitutional and financial liability for the systematic 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 tried down 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 and yet, 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 IMMUNITY: The definitive abolition of parliamentary, judicial, prosecutorial and official immunity. All citizens without exception must be 100% equal before the law and answer to the same common courts. The institution of immunity has been completely perverted, becoming a pathological shield protecting corruption, ordinary crime, abuse of power and the impunity of the 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 mayors, town mayors, village heads 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 clans of officials feeding off citizens' assets.
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 the heads of state institutions. Refusal to undergo testing or a positive result leads to immediate and automatic dismissal from office. Those who decide on the security and fate of the nation must be fully of sound mind, 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 the automatic loss of office by any official or judge who exceeds them.
STRICT ORDER OF RECEIPT IN COURTS AND OFFICES: A statutory, absolute requirement to process and consider cases according to the exact date, hour and minute 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 lists, the selection of cases at the behest of vested networks and the deliberate protraction of proceedings until they become time-barred.
FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE LIST OF PERSONS ILLEGALLY SURVEILLED WITH DIGITAL SYSTEMS: Immediate publication of a full, open and complete register of all persons surveilled with cyberweapons (Pegasus, Hermes, Predator, Feng and related tools). Society and public figures have an inalienable right to know who was wiretapped, blackmailed, manipulated and operationally destroyed while 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 present and future private assets) for the president, prime ministers, ministers, MPs, senators, village heads, mayors, councillors, state officials and, without exception, 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 the gown, 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 ON SITTING IN 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, village heads, mayors, city mayors 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 CLUB OR COUNCIL GROUP (A BAN ON POLITICAL TOURISM): The mandate of an MP, senator or councillor is bound to the will of the voters expressed on the electoral committee's list. Leaving the club, moving to another party or mandate-related political corruption results in the automatic expiry of the mandate and its transfer to the next person on the electoral list. An end to trading in citizens' votes in parliament and local government.
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE AT VOTES AND SITTINGS ON PAIN OF LOSING THE MANDATE: The work of a parliamentarian or councillor is a firm official duty towards the sovereign people. Unexcused absence from sittings of the Sejm, the Senate, committees or key votes exceeding 10% in a quarter results in the 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-based settlements in parliamentary and local government activity. All office expenses, expert opinions, hotels, business travel and mileage must be paid exclusively with a personal official card linked to an open online register of expenditure available to every citizen in real time. Every attempt to fraudulently claim mileage 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 networks protecting politicians, prosecutors, judges, special-services officers and the journalists connected with them. Every crime, cover-up, 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) with 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 a fair state analytical salary and permanent counter-intelligence protection.
FULL TRANSPARENCY AND A BLOCK ON INFILTRATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: Every draft law, regulation and amendment must have an open digital register of its authors by full name and a lobbying footprint. An absolute ban on laws being written by external law firms and lobbyists linked to foreign capital. Any attempts to block anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering provisions to be treated as diplomatic treason.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND AN END TO FUNDING RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES FROM THE BUDGET: The immediate abolition of the Church Fund, taxation of the income of religious associations on general terms and an absolute ban on transferring property of the State Treasury and local governments for next to nothing. Religious associations may be funded solely through voluntary tax allocations by the faithful (a voluntary church tax).
A CITIZENS' VETO AND A BINDING REFERENDUM WITHOUT A TURNOUT THRESHOLD: Restoring real power to the sovereign people: a motion supported by the signatures of 500,000 citizens obliges the Sejm to call a nationwide referendum whose result is absolutely binding on the state authorities, with no turnout threshold permitted. The executive and legislative authorities are prohibited from overriding the will of the nation expressed in a referendum.