The president of PiS, Jarosław Kaczyński, appeared several minutes late at the meeting of the parliamentary investigative committee on envelope elections. After taking the oath, he wanted to make a free statement. However, this request was rejected by the chairman of the committee, Dariusz Joński.
President PIS He came to the room several minutes late. When he entered, he did not want to answer journalists' questions.
Kaczyński took the oath and asked to be allowed to speak freely. Chairman Dariusz Joński did not agree to this and dismissed the application. Kaczyński appealed against this decision, but the commission rejected the appeal in a vote.
Envelope elections
With Kaczyński's hearing on Friday, the commission is to finish questioning witnesses, but – as Dariusz Joński said – if necessary, the commission is ready to call further witnesses. The committee plans to present the final report by the end of May.
Elections the presidential elections, in accordance with the order of the Speaker of the Sejm of February 2020, were to be held on May 10, 2020 in the form of postal voting due to the epidemic COVID-19.
However, on May 7 National Electoral Commission informed that the applicable legal regulation deprived the National Electoral Commission of the instruments necessary to perform its duties, therefore the vote on May 10, 2020 cannot take place. Ultimately elections took place on June 28 (first round). Voting was held at polling stations.