The Ministry of the Interior and Administration requested the State Election Commission to cancel certain electoral commissioners. This concerns judges who have supported or participated in the selection of members of the alleged neo-KRS. The Ministry stressed that it was awaiting an urgent decision on this matter.
The Ministry of abroad Affairs informed that it had asked the president of the State Election Commission to appeal the function of election commissioner of judges who actively supported the election of judges to the so-called. neo-KRS and participated in the nomination procedure.
"These actions were contrary to the ethos of the justice and undermined the independency of the judiciary, as pointed out by the Minister of Justice" - we read in the explanatory memorandum. The Ministry stressed that it expected urgent decision PKW on this issue.
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A spokesperson for the National Election Office, Marcin Chmielnicki, pointed out that on Monday afternoon there is simply a PKW gathering and does not have information on whether the applicable letter concerning the request of the Ministry of abroad Affairs has already been received by the Commission.
Waldemar Żurek's intervention on neo-KRS
The Minister of Justice and the lawyer General requested the dismissal of 44 judges acting as election commissioners Waldemar Żurek. This is 1 of his first decisions after taking office.
The Minister of Justice pointed to a group of judges who - as he pointed out - due to their participation in procedures contrary to the constitution "don't warrant the appropriate performance of the function they hold."
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In accordance with the Electoral Code, the Electoral Commissioner shall cancel before the end of the period for which he was appointed, in the event of failure to execute or inadequately execute the duties of an Electoral Commissioner. PKW.
New candidates indicate MSWIA among those with a degree in law and "a warrant of appropriate performance of this function". The same individual may be re-appointed as Commissioner.
