1. Janusz Marian Palikot is a Polish politician, activist and businessman.
17 Facts About Janusz Palikot
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Janusz Palikot was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 in the 6 Lublin district, running on the Civic Platform list, and was re-elected in 2007.
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Janusz Palikot left Civic Platform in 2011 and founded Movement of Support, later renamed Janusz Palikot's Movement, an anti-clerical and liberal party, which won 10 percent of the vote in the 2011 parliamentary election.
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Janusz Palikot studied philosophy at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and earned a master's degree at Warsaw University.
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Janusz Palikot is known in Poland for being one of the more controversial politicians, famous for his publicity stunts.
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Janusz Palikot presented the objects as modern "symbols of law and justice" in Poland and the Lublin's police.
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On 23 July 2008, Janusz Palikot said in an interview "I consider the President to be an oaf", a potentially illegal act under Poland's anti-defamation laws.
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In October 2008 during a TV interview about the PZPN Janusz Palikot produced a butchered pig's head, a Godfather-style sign of declaring war against what Janusz Palikot called "corrupt" PZPN officials.
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On 5 July 2010, one day after the second round of the 2010 presidential elections Janusz Palikot announced that the late president Lech Kaczynski "has blood on his hands", blaming Kaczynski for the presidential airplane crash in Smolensk.
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On 20 January 2012, Janusz Palikot threatened to smoke a joint in Parliament in an attempt to get soft drugs legalized in Poland.
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Dariusz Piatek of local office of the Civic Platform in Lublin stated afterwards that Janusz Palikot's campaign was "illegally financed", but the case was never highlighted due to Janusz Palikot's influences.
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Janusz Palikot allegedly reported a lower level of wealth than he actually possessed, by millions of zlotys.
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Janusz Palikot's ex-wife supported the Bureau's efforts, stating that the politician provided false information.
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Janusz Palikot did not pay the money to a company that maintained his webpage, nor did he pay Piotr Tymochowicz, a public relations specialist, who helped with creating his image.
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In October 2011, the Electoral Committee of Janusz Palikot Movement lost a court case against Pawel Tanajno, who had stated in Wprost weekly, that Janusz Palikot and his party act "like a mafia", paying people who service them only "50 percent or nothing".
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Wojciechowski emphasized that Janusz Palikot had planned "to gull people who trusted him", citing an e-mail, written by Janusz Palikot to chairwoman of his office, in which he mentioned "building the capital at the expense of suppliers".
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Janusz Palikot evaded subpoena several times, stating that the investigations were motivated politically.