“The icing on this cake of destruction is the beginning of the end of Polish parliamentarism. And its symbol is the decision of the Marshal of the Sejm, which prevents two opposition MPs, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, from exercising their mandate,” said Prof. Mariusz Muszyński, judge of the Constitutional Court and lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Public Administration of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University. “To conceal this scandal, which is unprecedented in democratic societies, the pro-government media is feeding public opinion with the information that the mandates of both parliamentarians have expired. (…) And this is completely untrue,” he emphasized.
The icing on the cake of destruction
Prof. Mariusz Muszyński asked in the title of his analysis: “Are Kamiński and Wąsik parliamentarians?” There can only be one answer.
We are all witnessing the collapse of the country. The public media is in pain. The government is waging a guerrilla war with the president. The judiciary is divided and the associations of judges have become politicized. The prosecutor’s office will soon reach a dysfunctional state, because Adam Bodnar is building alternative and illegal management structures there
– wrote the judge of the Constitutional Court at the beginning.
However, the icing on the cake of destruction is the beginning of the end of Polish parliamentarism. And its symbol: the decision of the Marshal of the Sejm, which prevented two opposition MPs, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, from carrying out their mandates.
– he pointed out.
Kamiński and Wąsik are members of parliament
To conceal this scandal, which is unprecedented in democratic societies, the pro-government media is feeding public opinion with the information that the mandates of both parliamentarians have expired. Either by operation of law (Article 99(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland) or by judgment of the criminal court. After all, it is claimed that “most lawyers have no doubts” about this issue (see, for example, Rz. 25/01/2024). And that is completely untrue
– he stated decisively in the analysis, an excerpt of which he published on his blog, and an extended version is available on dorzeczy.pl.
Yes, there are lawyers who make such assessments publicly, including (shockingly) judges, retired judges, and people with academic titles and degrees. However, these people simply manipulate the interpretation or – as I truly believe in the case of some names – they simply have no idea of the law. The legal reality, although very complicated, looks completely different
– wrote the judge of the Constitutional Court.
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Source: wPolityce