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The Polish nationalist opposition reinforced its conflict with the Pro-Eu Government, led by Donald Tusk, and both sides accused each other of trying to distort the results of the upcoming presidential elections.
Older politicians in the party of ultra-conservative law and justice (PIS) accused the Government of plans to interfere with the race, for the Constitutional Court dominated PISA launched an investigation into Tusk and his ministers for allegedly conspiracy for a national blow.
In the meantime, Tusk officials warned that the referees appointed in PISS could cancel the election result if their preferred candidate does not win in May.
The Mayor of Varšava and the presidential candidate of Tuske’s party for a civic platform, Rafał Trzaskowski, is the leader. But a recent poll of public opinion showed that PIS candidate Karol Nawrocki could win narrowly.
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned the Polish judges last week who potentially imitated the Romanian Constitutional Court. In December, the Bucharest Court canceled the presidential election because of the alleged Russian mixing in favor of the extreme right candidate who unexpectedly won the first round of voting.
“We have a Romanian problem even more than some think,” Sikorski told the Polsat television administration, warning that the country is not “ready” to deal with such a situation.
The President of the Polish Constitutional Court, Bogdan święczkowski, announced an investigation into Tuska and his partners earlier this month for the alleged preparation of a state strike and conduct of the “organized crime group”. The best judge, who was a senior prosecutor when Pis was in power, did not provide evidence of his claims.
Tusk said the probe was “groteska” and “dangerous”. Justice Minister suspended the prosecutor named święczkowski to investigate the alleged conspiracy.
Polish President Andrzej Duda, a candidate for Pisa who appointed święczkowski in December, said voters may need to be taken to the streets to show against the “manipulated” election results.
“Is it possible for the choices in some countries today – seemingly democratic – only those who are accepted in Brussels can win? I have this impression and I don’t like it very much,” Duda told Kanał Zero Internet media.
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” You have no shared values if you cancel the election because you do not like the result, which happened in Romania. Do not share values if you are so afraid of your own people to silence them, “Vance said on Thursday.
The winning presidential elections of Poland in May are crucial to Tusk to unlock the reform of his coalition, including the overhaul of the judiciary, which he promised to reject Brussels EU funds to the country. However, since he entered into office in 2023, Pisa paused from his efforts with the help of judges Dude and PIS.
Pisa also accused the TUSK Government of illegally withholding the Financing of the Scupper Nawrocki Party Funding. The Polish Election Commission – which has a narrow majority of members aligned with Tusk coalition – has retained part of the financing of the letter of the letter after finding irregularities in the last campaign.
In the course of voting, the TUSK government warned that Poland is a European country that targets the most Russian Disinformation and cyber attacks.
The real question is that the law is politically instrumentalized, according to Dorota Piontek, an assistant professor of politics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. ” We are currently in a state of complete chaos, which doesn’t hurt well, “she said.
