Constitutional Tribunal Rules Against Polish Government
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Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski was just served a setback when the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the new election law that removed the mandates of democratically elected representatives for failing to file a financial statement on time is not in accordance with the constitution. They ruled that the punishment does not fit the crime.
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Kaczynski has been in a heated battle with the President of Warsaw over her mandate to govern the City. He declared that her mandate to govern was automatically removed at the time that she failed to file her husband's financial statement on time. The Polish empire strikes back at war for Warsaw, Poland
The battle has tied up the court systems in Poland and thrown the entire civil process in the district into confusion over the validity of any acts taken by the City since 28 December, 2006. Everything from marriage certificates to drivers licenses were thrown into jeopardy. See Poland: Election of Warsaw President And Marriages Of Polish People Overturned By Governor
Kaczynski has been very aggressive in this matter. Knowing that the Tribunal was to rule today, Kaczynski criticised some of their rulings.
He said that the verdicts of the Constitutional Tribunal are sometimes very surprising to him. "In general, very strange things are happening around the Tribunal". For example, Gronkiewicz-Walcz in her letter to Mazowsze Voivoda said that she knows what legal aspect the tribunal will take into consideration, while debating on the constitutionality of the law, through which she lost her mandate. If her predictions are confirmed, then according to Kaczynski, the Tribunal is a totally different institution than the one described in the Constitution. http://www.pulsbiznesu.pl/News.aspx?id=fe65937e-7892-4a1c-b3ea-1f845dd1352d
The Tribunal has ruled. Little more than the ruling is public. Public reactions of the parties are not yet available.
Updated information is at Polish Prime Minister Shows Little Respect For Poland's Constitutional Process
