Karol Nawrocki is a challenge to security. Former BOR chief: This shouldn't be happening.

Karol Nawrocki's presidency has barely begun, and several spontaneous situations have already occurred that could pose a significant challenge to the head of state's security. And while the image of the president, who doesn't avoid, but rather strives for, direct contact with Poles, will play to the former president of the Institute of National Remembrance's advantage, questions arise regarding security.

Therefore, without diminishing the importance of building relationships with citizens whose votes made Karol Nawrocki Andrzej Duda's successor, we need to consider the form of contact with supporters so that the ostentatious abandonment of the role of the so-called guardian of the chandelier does not bring undesirable consequences.

The Presidential Motorcade Suddenly Stops. "I Am Against Spontaneous Action"

The first test came on the day of his inauguration, when, after the ceremony in the Sejm, the head of state attended Mass at the Archcathedral of St. John the Baptist. At one point, the presidential motorcade stopped near the Legia stadium , an unannounced stop in the official ceremony schedule. The president got out of his car and approached a group of his supporters, who were carrying white-and-red flags. He spoke with them briefly and then returned to the car.

– According to the procedures that are in force not only in Poland but also around the world, especially in the United States and Israel, spontaneous arrests in places that have not been previously checked by security officers should not take place – says General Andrzej Pawlikowski, former head of the Government Protection Bureau and co-founder of the State Protection Service, in an interview with “Wprost.”

"In this context, it's crucial to introduce the protected person, in this case Karol Nawrocki, to the new reality. I'm referring to a conversation between the Commander of the State Protection Service or the head of direct protection and the president about the rules of cooperation," the expert adds.

Gen. Pawlikowski also outlines the decision-making process—from the spontaneous idea of stopping at an unplanned location to its implementation. He also analyzes how such situations complicate the challenge security must address.

"The head of security or SOP officers decide each time whether a temporary detention is possible. However, life writes its own scenarios, and politicians don't always follow such orders or recommendations. Sometimes they insist and insist on stopping in a specific location, downplaying the potential risk. And this risk increases in a situation where the temporary location hasn't been checked beforehand. Because of this, it's impossible to know whether there are people in the crowd with malicious intent, who might be carrying, for example, dangerous tools ," our source explains.