Left and KO want to liquidate CBA and IPN. "PiS has long liquidated these institutions"

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In the final election, the Civic Coalition, 3rd Road and Left won a full of 248 seats in the 460-member Sejm and are going to form a common government. The parties stress that the talks are at the final phase and it is possible that the coalition agreement will be signed next week. The opposition leaders would like to finalize the agreement even before the first session of the Sejm to show the president that they have a majority. Andrzej Duda noted during the consultation last week that these parties were talking about the coalition, but it was not formally concluded yet.

Indeed, there is simply a pool of topics that rise considerable controversy during the political discussions of the parties. 1 of them is the liquidation of the Central Anti-corruption Office (CBA) and the Institute of National Memory (IPN).

Left and KO are compatible

Vladimir Czarzasty, leader of the Left, late expressed his thoughts on the liquidation of CBA and IPN. In an interview with TVN24, Czarzasty stated that these institutions should be liquidated. He added that “you request to look at it from the inside – I would eliminate.”

Czarzaty and his "idea for Poland": destruct CBA and IPN. Indeed, for erstwhile SLDs are 2 key matters of 🤡 pic.twitter.com/nSGD2kivFV

— Polish Reflections (@RPolitical) October 23, 2023

He besides recalled that the Left did not support the appointment of either of these 2 institutions. The Citizens' Coalition now besides supports this proposal, although this has not always been the case. In 2013, erstwhile the SLD filed a bill to liquidate the CBA in the Sejm, Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government defended the sense of this institution.

In 2021, Donald Tusk in his social media already expressed his support for the liquidation of CBA and IPN. According to him, “the Law and Justice Service has long since liquidated these institutions. The CBA present has as much to do with anti-corruption as the IPN with memory and TVP with information."

All KO politicians present a akin position. Robert Kropiwnicki, a organization MP, late assured in Polsat News that the CBA would be liquidated due to the fact that it is the most politicized service. Rafał Trzaskowski, president of Warsaw and Vice-President of the PO, besides supports the liquidation of the CBA, arguing that the institution has been highly politicised.

"Posts of liquidation of CBA, IPN and TVP Info are not controversial, but late. The Law and Justice has long since liquidated these institutions. present CBA has as much to do with anti-corruption as IPN with memory and TVP with information" – @donaldtusk

I'll hold you to that.

— Grzegorz Laskowski (@laskowski_en) October 23, 2023

Third way against the liquidation of CBA and IPN

Third Way politicians, especially PSL, do not hide their skepticism towards specified ideas. They guarantee that this case is not part of the coalition agreement.

Miłosz Motyka, a spokesperson for PSL, emphasizes in an interview with Interia that neither PSL nor the 3rd Road have in the program of liquidation of IPN and CBA. Instead, they postulate depoliticisation of these institutions and consider changing their structure.

Decision in the hands of the President

The PiS is skeptical of opposition ideas. Maciej Wąsik, current Deputy Minister of Interior and Administration and erstwhile Deputy Chief of the CBA, expressed his opposition to the thought of KO and Left. According to the CBA, it has an crucial preventive function and its presence forces those in power to manage state funds more responsibly. In addition, in order to destruct CBA or IPN, amendments to the Act are necessary. The mustache expressed doubts as to whether the president was enthusiastic about the liquidation of these institutions.

From the CBA statement:
"All fresh information, opinions, or comments in the good name of the Central Anti-corruption Office shall be analysed in the context of civilian or criminal liability in relation to the authors of the claims"

— Maciej Wąsik 🇵🇱 (@WasikMaciej) October 23, 2023

The future of both institutions is simply a large question mark. It is actual that the liquidation of the CBA and the IPN could happen as a consequence of legislative changes which would should be approved by president Andrzej Duda.

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