Coffee for the bench. Election protests. What next with counting votes?

Rafał Trzaskowski's election committee announced that he would submit an election protest to the Supreme Court. Guests of “coffee on the bench” on TVN24 discussed this matter, as well as about anomalies related to counting votes and the atmosphere prevailing in the ruling coalition.

From the presidential election that the candidate won PIS Karol Nawrocki, two weeks have passed. During this time there were media reports about irregularities regarding the counting of votes in several committees, although it was pointed out that this was not to affect the final election result. The Supreme Court decided that Electoral cards from 13 regional committeesincl. from Krakow and Mińsk Mazowiecki, they will be verified.

On Saturday, a member of Rafał Trzaskowski's staff and deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense Cezary Tomczyk He announced that the KO candidate election committee would submit an election protest.

Arłukowicz: I would like the consequences to be drawn

MEP Bartosz Arłukowicz talked about the atmosphere in the Civic Coalition at the Civic Coalition. – There are no such statements that would clearly indicate that we believe that the election has been falsified – he assured.

– Since there is information that there were irregularities in several, a dozen or several dozen, or maybe several hundred election committees, this information should be fully explained and checked – said Arłukowicz.

He also noted that he was in favor of counting all votes cast in the election, “because he believes that this is not a special challenge for the state, for administration, that we would be sure that every vote has been counted.”

According to MEP, “if there were and proved that there were errors in a dozen or so committees, some of the committee confessed to the mistakes themselves, it means that similar errors can be found in any other place in the country.”

Wójcik: It's a narrative throw

According to the MP and vice president of PiS Michał Wójcik, the ruling coalition is today “in deep defense”. – They lost, they did not close the system. They are on their way to lose power in Poland at all and this is such a narrative throw that people who support them or support them, believe that the elections were invalid – he said.

He also reminded that election protests appear on the occasion of every election. – However, let's not say, because it is irresponsible that the elections were forged – he added.

Bryłka: no elections were falsified

– Platforma Obywatelska has a problem with respecting democratic the result of the presidential election. Protests have always been, irregularities have always happened. However, they do not differ strongly from previous election editions – said the MEP of the Confederation Anna Bryłka.

In her opinion, “no elections were falsified.” – Simply the government, the Civic Platform, Rafał Trzaskowski's committee cannot accept this election result – she said.

SLIZ: I would like my voice to be properly passed

According to the head of the Polish club Paweł Śliza, “voices should be converted where irregularities occurred.” – Even if it does not affect the result of the election, I would like my voice, which is correctly given, to be correctly passed – he reserved.

– Let's break some reality. This is not the PKW (National Electoral Commission – ed.) He will decide to recalculate the votes again, because there are no such competences. The only competences are on the side of the Supreme Court, which can make such a decision to calculate all voices, convert votes into specific committees – he explained. He also reported that – in his opinion – “there are no such circumstances for now.”

Gajewski with a “fundamental case”

Deputy Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy Sebastian Gajewski (Lewica) pointed out that “a fundamental matter when determining the results of each election, but in particular the presidential elections, i.e. building the authority of the state.”

He explained that the issue of anomalies in election committees “is also a field for activity for the prosecutor's office.” – I am not happy with the result of these choices, I did not vote for Karol Nawrocki (…), but we do not have such information at the moment that would allow the election that the election has been falsified or was probably forged – he said.

Gajewski also stated that “he does not see the space to recalculate all votes on a national scale, apart from legal grounds to this.”

Monday, June 16 is the last day to submit to the highest protests against the president's election in court. The protest can be submitted directly to the SN building during court hours from 8 to 16 or via Poczta Polska. On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court announced that 434 protests had been received so far. On Thursday, the Supreme Court also announced that he had ordered the conversion of votes from 13 regional electoral commissions.