The Ministry of Finance paid the first, cut off subsidy installment for PiS

The Minister of Finance paid the first installment of the subsidy for PiS, it amounted to PLN 3.7 million – PiS MP Henryk Kowalczyk informed PAP. This means that about PLN 2.6 million was deducted from the first installment. According to the PKW decision, the entire annual party subsidy was reduced by nearly PLN 11 million.

On Monday, the State Electoral Commission (PKW) sent a letter to the Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański on party subsidies for 2025. In this letter, PKW set subsidies for PiS at the level of approx. PLN 15 million, which means that it was reduced by PLN 10.8 million.

Kowalczyk told PAP that the party received the first subsidy installment of PLN 3.7 million, against PLN 6.3 million, which – as he argued – the party should get. This means that about PLN 2.6 million was deducted from the first installment. The entire annual subsidy will therefore be depleted by nearly PLN 11 million. “Good and this, although we still expect full payment of subsidies, in accordance with the court's decision and the December decision of the PKW,” emphasized the PiS representative.

In his opinion, this shows a great inconsistency of the PKW. “On the one hand, the PKW adopted our report after the Supreme Court's decision in December, and now they are trying to cover it and pay the subsidy after deduction,” said Kowalczyk.

The case of the PiS subsidy began in August last year, when the PKW rejected the financial statement of this party from parliamentary elections in 2023. The Commission showed irregularities in spending funds on a campaign in the amount of PLN 3.6 million. Consequently, the Ministry of Finance reduced the payment of subsidies for the elections and subsidies from the budget at 2024. The party appealed against this resolution, and the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court, in which the duties are, among others Considering complaints about the resolutions of the PKW, she recognized this complaint.

For this reason, the PKW adopted the financial statement of Jarosław Kaczyński's party, but it noted that it does not determine whether Iknisp SN is a court and does not prejudge the effectiveness of its decision. At that time, Domański asked the PKW for an interpretation of the resolution, because – in his opinion – it was “internally contradictory”. Pursuant to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, IKNISP SN is not a court. Its status is questioned both by the current government and most legal environments.

For 2024, PiS received two full quarterly installments of the subsidy, and later – after the PKW rejected the report and the position of the Minister of Finance – the third tranche was not paid. The fourth tranche – according to the information provided to the media by the Ministry of Finance – paid in January 2025 was reduced. For 2024, PiS received about PLN 15 million, i.e. over PLN 10 million less than the expected annual subsidy for this party.

According to the Act on political parties, a request to pay subsidies, together with the current statement from the records of political parties, is submitted to the Minister of Finance via PKW. The subsidy is paid each year of the parliamentary term, in four quarterly tranches. The tranche is paid in the month after the quarter, for which it is paid. On April 23, the PKW decided to postpone the decision for the next meeting. (PAP)

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