The Supreme Court informed on Friday that the two first electoral protests submitted by the ruling PiS party will be processed on October 30. The said protest pertain to Senate elections in constituencies number 12 and 92. The protests will be processed behind closed doors.
The protests will be examined by three judges from the Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Chamber - presiding judge Grzegorz Żmij and judges Leszek Bosek and Paweł Czubik.
In recent days, the plenipotentiary for the PiS election committee filed protests against the elections in six constituencies: number 100 (Koszalin), 75 (Tychy and Mysłowice), 12 (Grudziądz), 92 (Gniezno), 95 (among others, Krotoszyn and Ostrów Counties), and 96 (Kalisz). PiS calls for a vote recount, claiming that some of the votes were dismissed as invalid, whereas, according to PiS, they should have been valid.
In constituency number 12 (encompassing the following counties: Brodnica, Golub-Dobrzyń, Grudziądz, Rypin, Wąbrzeźno and the city of Grudziądz) PiS senatorial candidate was Andrzej Mioduszewski who received 50.168 votes, which translated into 37.43 percent of all votes. Mioduszewski lost to Polish People's Party candidate, Ryszard Bober, who received 52.619 votes - 39.26 percent.
In constituency number 92 (encompassing the following counties: Gniezno, Słupca, Śrem and Września) Robert Gaweł was PiS' candidate. He won 75.413 votes (40.9 percent). The seat in the Senate for this constituency was won by Civic Coalition's candidate Paweł Arndt, who secured 76.897 votes and 41.71 percent.
The Supreme Court is examining the submitted protests in teams composed of three judges from the newly formed Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Chamber, in non-trial proceedings and issues opinions on the protests. The judges have the right to refer protests to open proceeedings. Opinions on the protests are also issued by the National Electoral Commission (PKW), chairpersons of the appropriate constituencies and the Prosecutor General.
According to the Supreme Court's press office, opinions of the aforementioned bodies on protests in constituencies number 12 and 92 have not yet been sent, but the court's sessions have been scheduled already after the deadline.
After recognizing all protests - based on election report issued by the PKW and opinions on the protests - the Supreme Court decides on the validity of the elections. The final decision comes in the form of a resolution adopted by the full composition of the Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Chamber, no later than 90 days after the elections.
By Friday afternoon, 201 electoral protests were received by the Supreme Court.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP
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