On Thursday, the Sejm appointed seven members of the National Electoral Commission. The House has decided that the following members will sit on the committee: Mirosław Suski, Arkadiusz Pikulik, Konrad Składowski, Ryszard Balicki, Maciej Kliś, Paweł Gieras and Ryszard Kalisz.
Seven of the nine members of the National Electoral Commission are appointed by the Sejm. Two candidates for NEC members were nominated by the PiS club, two by the Civic Coalition and one by the clubs PSL-TD, Polska 2050-TD and Lewica.
239 MPs voted in favor of the candidacies, 41 were against and 94 abstained.
On the recommendation of PiS, Mirosław Suski and Arkadiusz Pikulik will take seats on the National Electoral Commission. The Civic Coalition reported Konrad Składowski and Ryszard Balicki to the Commission. The club PSL-Trzecia Droga chose Maciej Kliś, Polska 2050-TD – Paweł Gieras and Lewica – Ryszard Kalisz.
Ryszard Balicki is a qualified Doctor of Legal Sciences, a specialist in constitutional law, and a lecturer at the University of Wrocław. In 2010-2011 he was a permanent expert of the Extraordinary Commission of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland dealing with draft laws amending the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, and an expert of the Subcommittee on the Development of the “European Chapter” . Appointed to the National Electoral Commission in 2019 by the Sejm of the previous term.
Pawel Gieras has experience as a lawyer, public prosecutor and arbitration judge. He was a curator and court supervisor at the Commercial Court in Krakow. He was also the disciplinary spokesperson of the Kraków Bar Association.
Ryszard Kalisz he is a lawyer, he was a member of parliament from 2001 to 2015. From 1993 to 1996 he was deputy chairman of the State Tribunal. In the years 1997-2000 he was State Secretary at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, and from 1998 to 2000 he was Head of the Chancellery. He was Minister of the Interior and Administration in the government of Marek Belka (2004-2005).
Maciej Kliś he is a lawyer. His activities include: disciplinary proceedings in which he appeared before international sports organizations.
Arkadiusz Pikulik is a lawyer and entrepreneur. Appointed to the National Electoral Commission in 2019 by the Sejm of the previous term.
Konrad Skladowski is a qualified Doctor of Legal Sciences, professor at the University of Łódź; specialized in electoral law. Elected to the National Electoral Commission in 2019 by the Sejm of the previous term.
Mirosław Suski Since 2016 he has been Director General of the Łódź Voivodeship Office in Łódź.
The National Electoral Commission consists of: one judge of the Constitutional Court, designated by the President of the Constitutional Court, one judge of the High Administrative Court, designated by the President of the High Administrative Court, and seven persons qualified to hold the position of judge appointed by the Sejm.
The term of office of the NEC members appointed by the Sejm is four years, the term of office of the remaining two judges is nine years.
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Source: wPolityce