- The dispute between the Ministry of abroad Affairs and president Duda over the appointment of ambassadors has lasted since March 2024.
- On Wednesday, Radosław Sikorski informed that after a year the Prime Minister's office received first requests for a countersignate of ambassadorial nominations
- — I miss more than a 100 signatures, 58 sites — the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs said on Monday
- More crucial information can be found on the Onetu homepage
Sikorski in context President Duda's last twelve orders to appoint ambassadors He was asked on TVP Info if there were any further issues in the matter.
Head of the MFA on appointments of ambassadors
— Right. I'm missing over a 100 signatures at 58 sites. Remember, I've inherited 20% of vacancies worldwide. There's besides cancellation signatures. People want to go to another job, and they are inactive ambassador here and there, theoretically speaking, Sikorski replied.
The Minister noted that he hoped that "reason had prevailed and that the President, although he wanted to close this 1 substance until the end of his word of office." As he added, he is waiting for the President, who "will follow the bill and what are the prerogatives of the president and the Minister".
President Margaret Paprock's Chief Chancellery announced on Friday that Prime Minister Donald Tusk was expecting an ambassadorial candidacy Among another things, in Israel and the OECD and NATO, i.e. Maciej Huni, Jan Vincent Rostowski and Jack Najder. She added that the president signed the nomination for Agnieszka Bartol as a permanent typical of Poland to the European Union.
Before that, Wednesday, Sikorski reported that after a year of delay, the first requests for a countersignate of ambassadorial nominations were received from the presidential law firm.
President Diana Głownia spokeswoman informed the Polish Press Agency that the abroad Service Convention on 11 April was to examine further candidatures which received the President's first approval. She besides said that the president on 31 March "signed 1 decision to appoint, while 18 draft resolutions on appointment of ambassadors await the countersignate of the Prime Minister".
The Constitution states that the president appoints and dismisses the competent representatives of Poland in another countries and global organisations. The abroad Service Act states that the Ambassador appoints and dismisses the president at the request of the abroad Minister, accepted by the Prime Minister. The Minister for abroad Affairs shall consult the abroad Service Convention before sending a request. The Convention consists of: Minister of abroad Affairs or appointed typical as chairman; Head of abroad Service; typical of the President's Office and typical of the Prime Minister's Office.
The President-MFA dispute
The dispute between the Ministry of abroad Affairs and president Duda over the appointment of ambassadors has lasted since March 2024. Sikorski then decided that more than 50 ambassadors would complete the mission, and respective candidatures submitted for acceptance by the erstwhile management of the ministry would be withdrawn. On the another hand, the president stressed that "no Polish ambassador can be appointed or cancelled without the President's signature".
In place of ambassadors who left the facilities but were not formally cancelled by the President, diplomats who, due to the conflict, did not have the position of ambassadors, but charge d’affaires — this is the case, for example, in the US where the erstwhile head of the MON in the PO-PSL government, Bogdan Klich, replaced Mark Magierowski. president Duda repeatedly made it clear that he did not consider Klich to be the right individual to be Ambassador to the United States.
