I don't know what happened to the chairman of the National Election Commission, it is incomprehensible, – said Wojciech Hermelinski, the former chairman of the National Election Commission, on TVN24. In this way, he pointed to the actions of Judge Sylvester Marciniak, who asked for a different decision on money for law and justice.
The National Electoral Commission met on December 16 to review the unrecognized decision of the Supreme Court's Chamber of Emergency Control and Public Affairs, which is set to uphold PiS's appeal of the rejection of the party's electoral committee's financial report. The National Electoral Commission postponed the decision on the report until the “systematic regulation of the status of the Extraordinary Chamber of Control and judges by the constitutional authorities of the Republic of Poland”.
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Rizard Kalish, a member of the National Election Commission who voted to postpone the decision, was a guest on TVN24's “Facti po Factach” Saturday and said he received an email from the National Election Office on Saturday. The head of the National Electoral Commission Sylvester Marciniak “ordered the periodic procedure for adopting resolutions until Monday at 12:00. He added that among the “irrelevant resolutions” highlighted in the message, Resolution No. 7 called “KW PiS after the Supreme Court” is
A member of the National Electoral Commission explained that the name refers to the attached decision on the financial statements of the PiS electoral committee for the 2023 parliamentary elections, in which the National Electoral Commission decided to postpone the decision. Ryszard Kalisz agreed with the host's suggestion that Sylvester Marciniak wants to introduce the resolution “through the back door”.
Hermeliński: this is incomprehensible
Wojciech Hermelinski, a retired judge of the Constitutional Court and former head of the National Election Commission, explained this case on TVN24 TV channel “Facti po Factach” on Sunday.
He pointed to the actions of Judge Marciniak, as mentioned by Rizard Kalish, stating that it was “incomprehensible” to him. – This has never happened. Of course, in the regulations of the Central Committee, the possibility of this periodic system of making certain decisions is foreseen. But this was introduced so that, for example, in some small technical matters (…) judges do not come, because some of them live outside Warsaw, – he explained.
– But this did not affect fundamental issues, such as evaluation of reports, which is one of the main powers of the National Election Commission, – he added.
Germelinski: I do not understand the attitude of the chairman of the National Election Commission
Germelinsky was asked if he would be a member of the National Election Commission, would he participate in such a “periodic process of adopting a resolution” in such a situation or not? – I can participate only by rejecting it, without signing anything, of course, – he answered.
– I'm sorry, but I don't know what was going through the head of the chairman (Marchinyak – ed.). I can guess that the intention is that in this pre-Christmas chaos one member of the National Electoral Commission can wave and sign for peace and the other will not notice because there are supposedly nine draft resolutions. Hermelinsky continued his speech. He added that “this is not an acceptable regime.” “I really don't get it,” he admitted.
– I know judge Marciniak, he is a good judge, but going to such a situation and trying to introduce such a resolution through the kitchen door and to destroy the resolution that was legally adopted on Monday is really incomprehensible to me. This is unacceptable, the chairman of the National Election Commission should not behave like this – emphasized the guest of TVN24.
Germelinski: This neo-chamber is not a court
Hermelinsky was also asked if he feared a future conflict over the validity of next year's presidential election, as the Supreme Court's Extraordinary Control and Public Relations Chamber also has jurisdiction here. Asked what would happen if this House declared the election void, he replied: – Well, then there might be a problem, because I'm afraid there's a slight difference in the votes, and then it's argued that it's been said. . by a body that is not a court.
He added that, in his opinion, no effort should be made to destroy the election results. – In my opinion, the election cannot be questioned. He noted that there was not even an attempt to disrupt the previous parliamentary and presidential elections.
To a comment that one of the chambers questioned the National Election Commission's decision on money for PiS, Hermelinski replied that “this neo-chamber is not a court.” – Therefore, the decision of the National Election Commission can be said to be semi-final and enforceable, – he added.
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