The press conference also produced a notarial act indicating Nawrocki had bought the flat from Żywicki in 2012 for 120,000 złoty (€30,000). But Nawrocki undermined that assertion by saying in an interview on Tuesday that he hadn’t paid the money up front — as the notarial agreement asserted — but rather paid it out over 14 years. That has opened him to accusations that he lied to the notary — a potential crime.
Adding to Nawrocki’s problems, a statement of assets shows that he also owns half of a third apartment together with his sister. That puts him well beyond the orbit of ordinary Poles, as skyrocketing real estate prices and high mortgage rates have made apartments increasingly unaffordable.
It has also left him vulnerable to attacks from his political rivals.
Magdalena Biejat, the presidential candidate for The Left, said she wants prosecutors to look into the case. “Mr. Jerzy was deceived, and the perpetrator must face consequences. Politicians are meant to address pathologies in the housing market, not profit from them,” Biejat said on social media.
More worryingly for Nawrocki, it’s also exposing him to attacks from Sławomir Mentzen, the presidential candidate for the far-right Confederation party who is running third in the polls. On Tuesday Mentzen unleashed a ferocious attack on his PiS rival.
“Nawrocki has done a totally disgusting thing,” he posted on Facebook, calling on conservative voters to abandon Law and Justice. “I can’t imagine how something like this could be acceptable to someone with any social sensitivity. Meanwhile, all of PiS is defending it.”
