Wojciech Wierzejski (ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx vʲɛˈʐɛjskʲi, born on 6 September 1976 in Biała Podlaska) is a
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and former
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for
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with the Liga Polskich Rodzin, part of the
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group, and sits on the
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's
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.
Wierzejski was a substitute for the
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and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.
One month before the 2006 Warsaw
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, he remarked: "If the deviants will start demonstrating, they need to be bashed with a thick stick."
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2006may/1103.htm He specifically threatened German politicians who might join the march.