Republicans from the abroad Affairs Committee of the home of Representatives published on Tuesday a letter to Ursula von der Leyen on the Polish presidential election. They want to explain the illegal financing of the spots that have appeared on social media.
In a letter to the Commission published on the website President of the European Commission Ursuli von der Leyen, committee chief Brian Mast and 7 another members, including co-chair of the Polish-American parliamentary group (Poland Caucus) Chris Smith, express "deep concern about reports of events in Poland that may undermine the integrity of her democratic processes".
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"Reports on foreign-funded political ads favoring Rafał Trzaskowski, a candidate for the Civic Coalition (KO) supported by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which may have occurred in violation of Polish law, combined with reports of a months-old refusal of the Tusk Government to comply with court orders ordering the transfer of public funds to the opposition organization Law and Justice (PiS), they propose deliberate action to change the conditions of the election game" - politicians wrote.
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As they added: "These activities taking place under supervision European Commission, uncover worrying double standards in the EU's approach to the regulation of law in Poland, which requires urgent attention".
In the letter they pointed out reports of "the leading Polish publication" about backing illegal electoral advertising to Trzaskowski and against his opponents by "founded by Open Society Foundations owned by George Soros, US Democratic organization megasponsor". It is besides about another organization, Estratos, to have connections with Democrats, which was besides expected to fund allegedly illegal Facebook ads.
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Politicians besides accuse the European Union of silence of advertising and blocked subsidies, although the Commission has taken action against Poland under government PiS.
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"Despite the loud criticism of the European Commission and the decision to suspend over $150 billion for Poland for alleged violations of the regulation of law for the erstwhile Law and Justice Government, it retained a clear silence despite clear evidence of violations of the regulation of law by governments Tuska" - Mast and others wrote.
In their letter, they asked von der Leyen to organize a briefing and answer 5 questions to justify the deficiency of EC action.
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This is another signal of criticism from Republican Congressmans against the decision of Polish authorities against the Law and Justice. Earlier, 5 members of the judicial committee had sent a akin letter to von der Leyen addressing the issue of subsidies. Supported by the Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki said he besides spoke to the head of this committee Jim Jordan and another Republicans during his visit to Washington.
The first letter on Tuesday was written by Virtual Poland.
