Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Relations of the Supreme Court annulled the decision of the Speaker of the Seimas Szymon Hołownia regarding the expiration of the mandate of MP Maciej Wąsik.
In December, Mariusz Kaminski and Makie Vesik were sentenced to two years in prison for the so-called Land scandal. PiS politicians do not recognize the court verdict. Both appealed to the Supreme Court.
Confusion over the Vesik and Kaminsky case
The Marshal of the Seimas, Shimon Holonia, referred the issue of the expiration of the parliamentary mandates of Kaminski and Vesik to the Labor and Social Insurance Chamber of the Supreme Court. The application was submitted to the Audit Chamber of the Supreme Court after Supreme Court Judge Romuald Dalewski, who was supposed to hear Vesic's appeal to the Labor Chamber about the termination of the Sejm Speaker's decision, independently decided to postpone the proceedings.
– I sent the complaints of Mr. Maciej Wąsik and Mr. Mariusz Kaminski against my decision to the Labor and Social Insurance Chamber of the Supreme Court. Not because I had such a whim, but because of the supported legal opinion that I received, including from the chairman of the Legal Studies Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and, according to many other lawyers, from this Chamber. Due to doubts regarding the authority of the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs, the parties to this process are guaranteed (…) the undisputed and irrevocable exercise of their rights. I do it out of concern for themIn order for their case to be considered by a court that does not raise any doubts, Shimon Holovnia said at the press conference. – I expressed this in my letter to Mr. Piotr Prusinowski (President of the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court – editor's note). (…) I wrote that I request the transfer of the case to a panel of judges who will not undermine the trust that the court should instill in a democratic society and the rule of law,” said the Speaker of the Seimas. The Extraordinary Control Chamber of the Supreme Court could not meet the conditions of independence and impartiality of the European Court.
“Holonia beat the referee with the phone”
Former Deputy Minister of Justice Sebastian Kaleta commented on this issue. “Holovnia just beat the judge with a Tusk-era phone call.” He said that he first chose a Supreme Court judge, to whom, bypassing the appeal, forwarded the complaints of MPs Kaminski and Vesik, and then said that he still had. Requirements as to who should be appointed by the Supreme Court to hear the case. Unbelievable arrogance, disregard for the constitution, procedures and principles of the law,” wrote a deputy of sovereign Poland on the X website.
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