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Changes in electoral system are intended to help PiS win the elections [interview with the former chairman of the National Electoral Commission]

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12 April 2023

Changes in electoral system are intended to help PiS win the elections [interview with the former chairman of the National Electoral Commission]

‘The structure of voters has changed. This will clearly reduce PiS’s chances in the elections. A motion was filed in 2014, as well as in 2018 and six months ago. The Sejm is not dealing with it at all for the third time, even though it is obliged to respect the opinion of the National Electoral Commission (NEC),’ says the former head of the NEC, Judge Wojciech Hermeliński.

Prof. Zoll: The May elections will not be a celebration of democracy, but its burial. The State Electoral Commission should resign

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23 April 2020

Prof. Zoll: The May elections will not be a celebration of democracy, but its burial. The State Electoral Commission should resign

The former chairperson of the State Electoral Commission (PKW), Professor Andrzej Zoll fiercely criticised the aim of the ruling camp to hold the presidential elections by post. He stated that the PKW should tender its resignation, while the situation today is worse than during the times of the People’s Republic of Poland.

The National Electoral Commission deprived of its powers in Poland

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Mariusz Jałoszewski

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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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12.09.2023

PiS will not remove Judge Raczkowski in silence. An application will be filed with the European Commission and the ECtHR.

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Changes in electoral system are intended to help PiS win the elections [interview with the former chairman of the National Electoral Commission]

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Changes in electoral system are intended to help PiS win the elections [interview with the former chairman of the National Electoral Commission]

Prof. Zoll: The May elections will not be a celebration of democracy, but its burial. The State Electoral Commission should resign

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Prof. Zoll: The May elections will not be a celebration of democracy, but its burial. The State Electoral Commission should resign

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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