– The proposal of the MPs of the Polish 2050-TD club is unreasonable – said Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm. He announced that the Left Club would not support the so-called incidental law regarding the Supreme Court's examination of cases related to next year's presidential elections.
A week ago, a draft of the so-called incidental law was submitted to the Sejm, relating to decisions by… Supreme Court matters relating to next year's presidential elections. It assumes that the validity of these elections would be decided by three chambers of the Supreme Court: Criminal, Civil and Labor. Previously, Marshal of the Sejm and leader of Poland 2050 Szymon Hołownia informed that he met with the chairmen of parliamentary clubs and groups, as well as with the president Andrzej Dudato whom he presented the project.
Czarzasty: the proposal is unreasonable
On Tuesday, deputy speaker of the Sejm, co-chairman of the New Left Włodzimierz Czarzasty he assessed that the initiative of the Polish 2050-Third Way MPs is unreasonable. “Currently, we consistently consider the decisions of neo-judges appointed illegally to be invalid. Meanwhile, according to the Marshal's proposal (Hołownia – ed.), the same neo-judges would vote in a different legal formula based on the new act, and their decisions would suddenly become valid” – wrote on the website X.
As he said, “we cannot follow one rule in the morning and change it in the evening.” “This is wrong logic,” he added.
“As the Left, we do not agree to this and will not support this proposal,” declared the leader of the New Left.
What does the draft of the so-called incidental law assume?
As written in the justification for the project, its aim is to ensure a situation in which decisions of fundamental importance for democracy, in particular those related to the consideration of electoral protests and the validity of elections, will not raise doubts as to their effectiveness, especially by people participating in various capacities. in the electoral procedure. “The fundamental goal is therefore to ensure the stability of the functioning of the Republic of Poland, especially in the context of the elections of the President of the Republic of Poland ordered in 2025.” – emphasized.
Pursuant to the Act on the Supreme Court, currently all matters relating to elections are considered by the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court, established in 2018 and composed exclusively of judges selected in a procedure before the politicized National Council of the Judiciary after the statutory change at the end of 2017.
Poland's 2050-TD proposal was related to the debate on the validity of the decision of the National Electoral Commission of December 16 to postpone the deliberations on the PiS election committee's report on the 2023 parliamentary elections until “systemic regulation by the constitutional authorities of the Republic of Poland” of the legal status of the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Supreme Court. Finally on Monday The National Electoral Commission, implementing the Supreme Court's decision of December 11, adopted the PiS financial report. However, the National Electoral Commission emphasized that it does not determine whether the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court – which issued this ruling – is a court and does not determine its effectiveness.
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