PKW: gathering to dismiss 43 electoral commissioners

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At its gathering on Monday, the State Electoral Commission will address, among others, the request of the Ministry of abroad Affairs to dismiss 43 electoral commissioners, as well as the letter of the Attorney-General on electoral irregularities – the PAP was unofficially informed.PAP

The State Election Commission will meet at an unofficial gathering on Monday at noon. According to unofficial information akin to the PKW, he will address the request of the Minister of Interior and Administration to dismiss 43 electoral commissioners and the letter of the lawyer General concerning irregularities in regional electoral commissions.

The Home Affairs Ministry asked the PKW to remove 43 judges from the function of election commissioner, who actively supported the selection of judges for the alleged neo-KRS and participated in the nomination procedure. The Minister of Justice and lawyer General Waldemar Żurek requested this request.

Reasons for the appeal

"The further performance of specified an crucial function by these persons constitutes a violation of constitutional guarantees of the independency of judicial authority and creates a real hazard of violating the rule of the reliability and transparency of the electoral process" - indicated in a letter dated 3 August. The paper calls for "immediate action to immediately remove the designated persons from the function of election commissioner".

In the opinion of the head of MS Waldemar Żurka, these judges "don't give guarantees to decently execute the function of election commissioner" and there is serious uncertainty whether they meet the apolitical criterion. From writings that went to PKW in August, it is clear that there are 43 judges to appeal, not 44, as previously reported.

Electoral irregularities on the wallpaper

The second subject of the Monday gathering will be the issue of irregularities in this year's presidential elections and the letter of the lawyer General to the PKW on this issue. In August, a PKW associate Ryszard Balicki proposed that the Commission apply to the lawyer General to send information on the ongoing proceedings - but there was a tie in the vote.

The National Prosecutor's Office set up a squad to find whether possible violations occurred in the electoral process. As part of the work, the cards were reviewed with a full of 250 electoral commissions. A full of 17 investigations are conducted concerning possible irregularities in election committees.

Financial affairs and electoral register

The gathering agenda besides includes information on the update of data in the Central registry of Voters in the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025. The Commission will besides address resolutions on the accounts of the electoral committees from last year's local elections.

The PKW will besides address issues related to subsidies for political parties in 2024 and the financial statements of parties with sources of backing last year. These points complement the main agenda focused on controversial issues of electoral commissioners and irregularities.

Sources used: "PAP" Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.

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