There is a lively discussion going on at the moment. There are no decisions yet – said Ryszard Kalisz, a member of the National Electoral Commission, during a break in the National Electoral Commission's deliberations on financial reports from the parliamentary elections. He added that “the matters are very complicated”.
On Wednesday National Electoral Commission returned to considering the financial reports of electoral committees from the parliamentary elections. The National Electoral Commission may accept the financial report without reservations, with an indication of irregularities, or reject it. In the public debate, the report of PiS is receiving particular attention, as it may lose up to 75 percent of its nearly PLN 26 million subsidy due to irregularities in campaign financing.
After 3:30 p.m. a member of the National Electoral Commission Richard Kalisz he told journalists that there have been no decisions yet regarding the parliamentary election reports. – There is a lively discussion going on at the moment. The decisive part concerns the Law and Justice report, of course, although there are also voices raised regarding other parties. There are no decisions yet, there is a break until 16:30 – he said.
Richard Kalisz PAP/Piotr Nowak
Asked if more time would be needed, he replied that “the matters are very complicated”. He recalled that according to the Electoral Code, financial benefits accepted by the election committee in violation of the provisions of the code are subject to forfeiture to the State Treasury. – The resolution of the National Electoral Commission is the enforcement title of forfeiture, therefore, if this benefit is to be forfeited, it must be specified down to the last złoty – Kalisz said.
– Will we finish today? Nothing can be ruled out. Please remember that if we make a mistake by a zloty, the chamber that we all know will consider the appeal, if of course there is a negative decision, will immediately question that we made a mistake in the calculations, right? And I want everything to be precise and have no flaws – he added.
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