The deliberations were substantive. There are nine lawyers in the National Electoral Commission, all of whom are very mature lawyers with extensive experience – said Ryszard Kalisz, a member of the National Electoral Commission, in “Kropka nad i” about the session of the National Electoral Commission. He assessed that PiS politicians “brought this fate upon themselves” by changing the method of appointing members of the Commission several years ago.
National Electoral Commission rejected the PiS committee's election campaign report on Thursday. This involves monetary losses from grants and subsidies. This decision is not final. The party can appeal to the Supreme Court.
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“I say to PiS members: you brought this fate upon yourselves”
Member of the National Electoral Commission Richard Kalisz he spoke in the evening on “Kropka nad i” on TVN24 about the decision taken by the Commission.
– I'm telling PiS right away: you brought this fate upon yourselves – he said. He explained that he meant the amendment to the Electoral Code adopted in 2018 by the votes of PiS politicians, who were in power at the time.
Before the change in regulations, the National Electoral Commission had 9 judges. After the change, it consists of: one judge of the Constitutional Tribunal, one judge of the Supreme Administrative Court and seven people appointed by the parliament.
– Imagine what would happen if the commission was composed of judges today. Three judges from the (Constitutional) Tribunal Julia Przyłębska, three judges from the Supreme Court of the First President (Małgorzata Manowska) and three more judges from the NSA. Can you imagine the kind of decision we made today if we had this panel of judges? – Kalisz asked, addressing the host of the program, Monika Olejnik.
Asked about how the discussions in the Commission went, he said that “the discussions were substantive”. – There are nine lawyers there, all of them are very mature lawyers, with a lot of experience, and there were very substantive debates – he added. Asked whether they were stormy, he said that “there was a legal discussion, as in all kinds of legal debates”.
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