“There is no possibility to suspend the president of the NBP, because there is no collective responsibility,” said Jan Mosiński, a PiS parliamentarian, in an interview with wPolityce.pl, in which he accepted the request of a group of members of this party advocated by the Constitutional Council. Tribunal on the provisions relating to the bringing of the President of the NBP before the State Tribunal.
One of the provisions of the Law on the Supreme Court states that “once the Sejm adopts a resolution to call a specific person to account before the State Tribunal, that person shall be suspended from activities related to the function or position held .” Can the NBP president be suspended from holding office following the parliamentary vote on his impeachment by the Constitutional Court?
In my opinion, such an interpretation is illegal and unconstitutional, hence the application to the Constitutional Court
– underlined Jan Mosiński.
It is not possible to suspend the chairman of the NBP because there is no collective responsibility. Decisions were made by collegial bodies such as the Monetary Policy Council and the NBP Board of Directors. Therefore, even if someone has taken the NBP President before the State Tribunal, there is no possibility of suspending him from activities related to the position held.
– he adds.
The PiS MP refers to the position of Prof. Ryszard Piotrowski, lawyer at the University of Warsaw.
The chairman of the NBP is a constitutional body that must remain independent of the Sejm. This independence is closely related to ensuring that the chairman of the NBP is not guided solely by the interests of the parliamentary majority in his activities. Although the president may be indicted before the State Tribunal, this does not mean that he can be suspended from office. The Governor of the Central Bank is not a person who can be suspended from office under the State Tribunal Act
– noted Prof. Piotrowski in an interview with Business Insider. Mosiński agrees with this interpretation.
“It is worthwhile for the Constitutional Court to comment on this issue.”
I stick with this interpretation line of the professor. However, to finally clarify this issue, it is worth letting the Constitutional Court comment on it
– emphasized the PiS MP. He pointed out the contradictions of elements of the Law on the Tribunal of State with the case law of the European Court of Justice, as well as with the Constitution.
Jan Mosiński also draws attention to the political dimension of the whole matter.
The actions of the still-present opposition against the President of the National Bank of Poland weaken the zloty and our economy in general. Perhaps because of the harsh defense of the zloty, the lack of acceptance by the National Bank of Poland regarding the introduction of the euro – perhaps the opposition wants to take revenge for this. However, the argument against the NBP president that inflation is high – yes, it is high, but it has come down significantly in recent months thanks to several decisions of the Monetary Policy Council. This is no reason to take such destructive actions against the NBP president
– he makes it clear.
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Source: wPolityce