This caused a political storm Conference of the Speaker of the Seimas on Thursday Regarding the expiration of the parliamentary mandates of Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Vesik.
This refers to the statement of Shimon Holonia, who informed that in a letter addressed to the President of the Chamber of Labor of the Supreme Court, Piotr Prusinowski, he wrote that he requested “to entrust the case to a judicial panel that will not undermine the trust that the court must give birth to a democratic society and the rule of law.”
The opposition accuses Marshall of trying to influence the selection of the judicial panel. PiS politicians talk about exceeding their powers and “serious constitutional violations”. Janusz Kowalski, a member of parliament for sovereign Poland, said that “if Holownia had any honor, she would have resigned.”
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Timeline of the Wąsik case
The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that “due to the great interest and doubts regarding the proceedings regarding the appeal of the decision of the Speaker of the Sejm stating that the mandate of MP Maciej Vasik has expired”, it decided to make public the detailed course. events in these processes.
“On December 29, 2023, the Supreme Court accepted an appeal regarding the December 21, 2023 decision of the Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland on the expiration of the mandate of MP Maciej Wasik (original). Personally and directly to the Supreme Court. The complaints were registered in the register of letters and cases received under item 8434/2023 on December 29, 2023. The case was registered in the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs. Supreme Court Reference Number I NSW 1268/23,” the statement read.
“On January 3, 2024, the Supremus system re-recorded the case, which refers to the same appellant's appeal of the same decision of the speaker of the Seimas. The speaker of the Seimas and bypassing the appeals of the Supreme Court, forwarded it to the chairman of the Supreme Court responsible for the work of the Chamber of Labor and Social Insurance, by whose order it was registered (in addition to the registration of the receipt, the Supreme Court is kept in the tax service) with reference number II PUO 1/24 in the Chamber of Labor and Social Insurance, although the appellant This was addressed to the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs,” it is written.
The Supreme Court responds to Holonia
According to the Supreme Court, “Both the complaint on December 29 and the complaint submitted to the President of the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court have the same content (except for the title part: in the letter of December 29, 2023. The addressee is the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court, and the same in the letter of January 3, 2024 , but it is accompanied by the word “through the Speaker of the Seimas”). ” – it was emphasized.
According to the Election Code, the Supreme Court has 7 days from the moment of consideration of the complaint. A complaint filed directly with the Supreme Court (bypassing the transmitting body, the Speaker of the Seimas) has legal force.
On January 4, the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court issued a decision in which the Supreme Court “recognized its incompetence as the Chamber of Labor and Social Insurance and referred the case to the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs under its jurisdiction.” In addition, in the II PUO 1/24 case, the order “Cancellation of the meeting scheduled for January 10, 2024” was issued.
“When the decision was issued on the extraordinary control and transfer of the case to the Chamber of Public Affairs, the proceedings in the II SP 1/24 case were formally completed and are no longer ongoing,” the Supreme Court said. It adds that because the complaints of 29 December 2023 and 3 January 2024 were identical in substance, they were dealt with under reference number I NSW 1268/23 (assigned 29 December) by the Emergency Control and Public Affairs Chamber.
“The Marshal of the Seimas did not attach a copy of the cover letter”
“In this case, on January 3, 2024, the Supreme Court asked the Marshal of the Seimas to send a decision confirming the expiration of the parliamentary mandate. On January 4, 2024, the Marshal of the Seimas replied that this decision had been sent. II PUO 1/24 in the case file, although he did not attach a copy of the cover letter with the presentation of the proof of receipt of this letter to the Supreme Court, however, due to the earlier decision to hand over these documents. The case is in the competent chamber of the Supreme Court, the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs already had the requested document,” we read.
The statement ends with the statement that “by the decision of January 4, 2024, the Supreme Court annulled the decision of December 21, 2023 of the Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Mackay Roman Vesik to expire. MP, and there is not a single process going on in the court on this issue.” “Supreme”.
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