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Commissioner for Human Rights: Impossible elections

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Ewa Siedlecka

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26 April 2020

Commissioner for Human Rights: Impossible elections

Voting entirely by post can breach the constitutional principle of the universality of the elections. The campaign being conducted does not respect the principle of equal opportunities for the candidates, while the citizens are not receiving even a minimal amount of knowledge about the elections. Held in this way, they cannot be consistent with international standards.

The National Electoral Commission deprived of its powers in Poland

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Mariusz Jałoszewski

date

19 April 2020

The National Electoral Commission deprived of its powers in Poland

Law and Justice party has just excluded a key institution from the process of preparing the elections: the National Electoral Commission. Former Chairperson of the Commission Judge Hermeliński: such a change in the electoral laws and procedures is in breach of Article 2 of the Constitution.

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J’ACCUSE. I accuse Andrzej Duda of breaching the Polish Constitution by appointing M. Manowska to the office of First President of the Supreme Court

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Commissioner for Human Rights: Impossible elections

Ewa Siedlecka

Commissioner for Human Rights: Impossible elections

The National Electoral Commission deprived of its powers in Poland

Mariusz Jałoszewski

The National Electoral Commission deprived of its powers in Poland

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