13 January to the Chancellery of president Karol Nawrocki hit Budgetary Act for 2026. The head of state now has 7 days to sign or mention it to the Constitutional Court. On social media There's been suggestions that the deficiency of signature could lead to earlier parliamentary elections. The article explains that the Constitution does not foresee specified consequences.
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Source: X/EdoMarcinBudgetary revision and early elections
The user's post of the X portal, in which he writes that the early elections are almost doomed, was displayed more than 200,000 times. It suggests that the reason for the fresh hand in Polish politics will be to mention the budget bill to the Constitutional Court by president Nawrocki. president stated journalists, on the occasion of a visit to London, that "allows any possibility" in relation to the decision to approve the budget for 2026.
The powers of the head of state with respect to the budget law shall be determined Article 224 Constitution. Karol Nawrocki may sign or mention the paper to the Constitutional Court to verify compliance with the essential law. The president has no veto in this case. The referral to the TK may take place in preventive (before signing) or successor (after signing). In this case, in accordance with Article 219(4) of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers shall lead thea financial gift under the bill.
Experts on the budgetary correction
These provisions are expressly interpreted by experts. Wojciech Hermelinski, justice of the Constitutional Court at rest, confirmsthat, in the event of the act being referred to the Constitutional Tribunal until the judgement has been given the State operates on the basis of a budgetary correctionThat is, the task that was presented to the Sejm by the government. If the Constitutional Tribunal gives its ruling on the non-compliance of the Act with the Constitution, the Government should immediately prepare a draft amendment to the Budgetary Act, eliminating the incompatible provisions. However, this does not affect early elections, but only the request to improve the budgetary provisions.
In turn, how translator Prof. Ryszard Piotrowski, constitutionalist from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, shortening the word of office of the Sejm may happen Only thenWhen the president does not receive a draft budget bill to sign within the deadline. And as we know, it happened on January 13, that year. Therefore, it is already known that the premise for early elections has not been met.
Two years ago, then president Andrzej Duda, referring to the proposition of writing out fresh elections in the absence of a signature of a budget bill to the Constitutional Tribunal, unequivocally said:
Even sending the budget to the TK does not origin any early elections.
President Andrzej Duda twice referred the following budget bill or part of it to the Constitutional Tribunal for the years 2024 and 2025. On May 6, 2025, the TK announced a judgement in which foundthat the simplification in the budget for, inter alia, the Constitutional Court and the National Judicial Council is incompatible with the Constitution. The Minister of Finance did not recognise this judgment. He justified it. Resolution The March 6, 2024 Parliament on “the removal of the effects of the 2015-2023 constitutional crisis in the context of the Constitutional Court’s activities.
Summary
The President's failure to sign the budget bill does not consequence in an earlier election. If the bill is referred to the Constitutional Court, the government may plan expenditure on the basis of the draft budget. The president can only announce an early election due to a failure to meet the four-month deadline to present the bill to him. Donald Tusk's government did it in due time, so this provision does not apply.
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