First president of the ultimate Court Margaret Manowska revealed that after the presidential election to SN had ended, About 56,000 electoral protests. Among them only approximately 150 These are individual protests. Most of them are mass, repetitive, with identical content. The origin of this phenomenon is – according to the president of Manowska – political action based on protest pattern, promoted by the KO MP Romana Giertych and the Euro MP Michał Wawrynkiewicz.
The current situation raises questions as to whether the pledge of the fresh president will indeed take place on time, which is until August 6, 2025. SN president admitted in a conversation with TVN24 that ‘allows any thought, including specified one’, suggesting that the hold script is no longer just speculation.
A wave of electoral protests. "Irresponsible political action"
In Margaret Manowska's opinion, the actions of politicians who made available the ready-made model of the protest were "reckless and irresponsible". These types of actions have caused mass influence almost identical reports, which in addition burden the ultimate Court.
– These are homogenous protests, with the same content that will be merged into common recognition said Manowska. As she explained, the legal strategy allows specified a solution, but the burden on the institutions is considerable, which may affect the efficiency of the procedure.
Mistake in justice
In conversation with journalists TVN24 Manowska did not hide criticism of the state of justice. She described the situation as ‘tall and mess’, indicating the guilty of this state of affairs both among the politicians and the judiciary.
Importantly, the president of SN She rejected the suggestionthat the changes introduced by the Government of Law and Justice are liable for chaos. As she said, legislative changes took place but later “A certain hell broke loose”, as confirmed by judgments, among others TEU and opinions Venice Commission.
– I want to fix the situation. – declared Manowska, reminding that repeatedly appealed to the erstwhile governmentAnd only the president reacted. Andrzej Duda. – I besides appeal to the current government, although it seems to me that politicians do not care – this mess is beneficial to them - She assessed.
Possible hold in swearing in to the President
The biggest concern is what will happen 6 Augustif The ultimate Court will not declare the elections valid due to the protracted analysis of protests. specified a scenario, although seems extreme, remained for the first time the beginning approved by I president of SN.
– I let all thought, as well. She said explicitly, asked about the anticipation of a fresh president being sworn in until the end of the current term.
According to Manowska, he is present in the Polish legal strategy in this case important constitutional gap. As she recalled, The electoral code states that the outgoing president ends office on the day the elect president takes his oath. This means that if the oath is delayed and the word of office of the outgoing president is over – it will appear problem with the deficiency of a head of state.
Who will take over as head of state?
To ask who will then be acting president – Andrzej Duda is Speaker of the Sejm Simon Holovnia – Manowska did not give a clear answer.
– I don't know. The Constitution contains a gap here. I'm not a politician, and it's not for me to decide. She stressed.
This message clearly shows that not only is there a clear transitional mechanics missing, but besides that no of the institutions has yet prepared for the anticipation of a constitutional pata.
Manowska ready to leave “for the sake of SN”
In the face of increasing criticism, erstwhile asked to resign, president Małgorzata Manowska replied unequivocally: – If it were for the sake of the ultimate Court, I wouldn't even wonder for 5 minutes..
At the same time, she noted that she had taken her decision to take the position at the request of older judicial colleagues, in order to defend the General Court from a individual ‘without competence’. He declares he's going to remain in office until the end of the word of office, although it does not exclude the script of stepping down in the name of a political compromise.
Conclusion: Real threat of state paralysis
From the data presented by the First president of the SN and its statements it is clear that Poland is facing a serious constitutional and organisational challenge. 56,000 electoral protestsduplicated according to a political pattern, slows down the work of the ultimate Court. This in turn threatens failure to declare the election valid within the time limitwhich may consequence No anticipation of swearing in to the fresh president.
This situation, combined with lack of clear regulation, creates potential constitutional gapwhich can be utilized in a hard way to predict. This is the first time that specified a advanced typical of the judiciary openly allows the anticipation of no swearing-in of the head of state.
In the opinion of many experts, this situation requires urgent legislative actionand above all, agreements over political divisionsto guarantee continuity of functioning of the State and avoid the escalation of the organization crisis.
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