Poland’s political gap deepens when the “coup” is flying

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The nationalist opposition of Poland has strengthened its conflict with the pro-EU government, led by Donald Tusk, and both sides accused each other of trying to distort the results of the upcoming presidential elections.

Senior politicians in the party of ultra -conservative law and justice (PIS) accused the government of planning to intervene in the race when the constitutional tribunal, where the PIS prevailed, launched a probe in Tusk, and its ministers about the supposedly state story.

Meanwhile, Tusk’s officials warned that the judges appointed by the writing could cancel the result of the election if their preferred candidate does not win the vote.

The mayor of Warsaw and the presidential candidate of the Tusk Civic Platform Party Rafal Trzassky – the leader. But one recent poll in the opinion showed that the PIS candidate King Novoroki could narrowly win the runoff.

Last week, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned Polish judges who potentially adopt the Romanian Constitutional Court. In December, a court in Bucharest overturned the presidential election due to the alleged interference of the Russians in favor of the extreme right-wing candidate, who unexpectedly led the first round of voting.

“We have a Romanian problem even more than some people think,” said Sikorski TV presenter Paul the one, warning that the country is “not ready” to fight this situation.

Polish Constitutional Court President Bogdan Schwitzkowski earlier announced the investigation of Tusk and his partners for alleged preparation of the coup and management “organized crime”. The best judge who was the senior prosecutor when PiS was in power did not give evidence of his requirements.

Tusk said the probe was “grotesque” and “dangerous”. The Minister of Justice rejected the prosecutor appointed święczkowski to investigate the alleged plot.

The President of the Polish Andrew Duda, the nominee PIS, who appointed święczkowski in December, said that the voters could need to go out to demonstrate against the “manipulated” election results.

“Is it possible that today elections in individual countries – seemingly democratic – can only be won by those who are accepted in Brussels? I have this impression and I don’t like it very much,” Media Kanał Zero said.

Recently, the PiS was excited by the Trump administration after the US Vice President criticized Europe for allegedly clearing the right vote and “before the election is canceled.

” You don’t have common values ​​when you cancel the election because you don’t like the result and it happened in Romania. You do not have common values ​​if you are so afraid of your own people that you are silent, “Vens said on Thursday.

Wining the presidential election in Poland in May is a key to Tusk to unlock the agenda of its coalition, including the overhaul of the judicial system, which he promised to crush EU funds. But from the moment of joining the post in 2023, his efforts have been stopped by Pi with the help of judges appointed by bagpipes and writing.

PIS has also accused the Tusk government of illegally maintaining the party’s financing of SCROWPER Nawrocki. The Polish Election Commission, which has a narrow majority of members agreed with the Tusk coalition, contained part of the state financing PIS after finding violations in the past costs.

On the eve of the vote, the Tusk government warns that the Poland-European country is most aimed at Russian misinformation and cyberattacks.

The real question is that the law is politically governed, according to Dorota Piontek, a professor at Adam Mikevich University in Poznan. “” We are currently in a state of full chaos that is not good, “she said.