Nawrocki's result, however, is sure. Bodnar: Anomalies have not affected the choice

The opinions presented for the purposes show that anomalies occur, but do not interfere with the final result of the election of the President of Poland; Everything indicates that his sworn in will take place – pointed out prosecutor general and minister of justice Adam Bodnar in an interview with Rzeczpospolita.

Bodnar was asked in an interview published on Sunday in Rzeczpospolita, whether he agrees with the statement that there is no grounds to accept the president in a situation where the validity of the election was not found by “an important constituted Supreme Court authority”.

“I sent a letter to Szymon Hołownia Speaker, in which I pointed to several doubts and allegations regarding the procedure before the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court. The trouble is that the Marshal, following, as I understand, the principle or presumption of the validity of the presidential election, he decided that he was called the National Assembly after the decision of the Chamber of Extraordinary Control,” said the minister.

He added that his role in this procedure ended with the presentation of this letter. He noted that he did not affect the Marshal's political decisions.

Bodnar pointed out that the swearing in in the legal sense was “convened, announced, announced and everything indicates that he would take place”, and he can do not do much in this matter. He also pointed out that the ongoing conversion of votes should end next week.

“The opinions that were presented by Prof. Jacek Haman and Prof. Andrzej Torój, for the purposes of the proceedings conducted by the prosecutor's office, indicated that anomalies occur, but have no significant effect, do not disturb the general, final result of the election of the President of Poland,” said the head of the Ministry of Justice.

Bodnar, asked if there should be changes to the provisions of the Electoral Code, stated that they are needed, but these cannot be changes that relate to the issues regarding the creation of coalitions and electoral thresholds, because they are strictly political. In his opinion, it would also be inappropriate and “incompatible with the democratic standard” if such changes were made at this stage. He added that the Senate should take a debate on changes in the code.

“However, all technical changes, including issues of considering protests, counting votes or adjudication on the validity of the election, should be implemented to dispel the doubts that arise for the needs of future elections,” said Adam Bodnar. (PAP)

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