The Polish Law and Justice party, which after eight years in power went into opposition, is counting on the possibility of removing Prime Minister Donald Tusk from power with the help of President Andrzej Duda and the Constitutional Tribunal controlled by them.
Source: “European truth“with reference to the material from Gazeta Wyborcza
Details: According to the newspaper, the more right wing of PiS, led by leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, expects Tusk to want to override Duda’s veto on budget amendments to allocate 3 billion zlotys to state broadcasters as part of their reform.
To do this, Tusk will introduce appropriate amendments to the budget law (now they are set out in a separate bill), after which the president will send them to the Constitutional Tribunal, where most of the members were appointed during the PiS cadence. The Tribunal must make a decision within two months of such submission.
According to the Polish constitution, the adopted budget law must be presented to Duda within four months after the draft is introduced, otherwise he can decide to dissolve parliament. The previous PiS government of Mateusz Morawiecki submitted a draft budget for next year on September 29, meaning Duda must receive a draft budget by January 29.
“Hardliners in the Law and Justice party demand that Duda use scorched earth tactics,” writes Gazeta Wyborcza, citing sources in PiS.
On the other hand, theoretically, a situation could arise in which the tribunal declares the budget bill unconstitutional – this has never happened in Poland, and the provisions of the law did not provide for it.
Recall that last week Polish President Andrzej Duda decided to veto the bill on the budget, which provides for the allocation of 3 billion zlotys for the country’s state media for the next year.
Last week, the new Polish Minister of Culture, Bartholomew Sienkiewicz fired management Polish Television, Polish Radio and Polish Press Agency. The new Polish government says state media have become too politicized under the rule of their Law and Justice party predecessors. The change in the leadership of the state media caused protests from the now opposition PiS party.
Read more about the situation in the article: War for the media: how the new government of Poland is taking control of state media.
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2023-12-26 15:46:27
