234 MPs supported the resolution prepared by PiS MPs “on foreign interference in the electoral process in Poland”, 175 were against and 10 abstained. Previously, the Sejm did not agree to reject the resolution in its entirety.

The resolution includes, among other things: Responding to the words of EPP Chairman Manfred Weber, who spoke about “fighting PiS” in an interview for ZDF television. He also stated that “every party must accept the rule of law.” “This is an obstacle to PiS representatives in Poland, who are systematically attacking the rule of law and media freedom,” he added.

During parliamentary work, Radosław Fogiel, PiS representative and chairman of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said: “Once again, European People’s Party politicians and German representatives in this body are trying to lecture the Polish people and influence the electoral process in Poland.” “This is not a matter of a politician from a particular faction saying who he supports, because this is generally accepted. Saying that you will build a firewall, that you will fight someone (…) – this crosses the line, and it kind of crosses the line. the boundaries of the Polish Sejm cannot be reconciled,” he said

Sławomir Nitras, representing KO, stated that the initiators of the resolution invited the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, the highest legislative body in Poland, to vote on this resolution. “This resolution is truly shameful. This is a resolution that is the result of a statement by a politician in an interview, and in response to a statement made by a politician, we are writing about the whole country, not about this politician,” he told PiS politicians.

The resolution refers to a statement by Manfred Weber, who stated that “military language issued by politicians who exemplify Europeanness and the usurpation of any ambition to shape the Polish political scene through external factors and influences are considered unacceptable interference.” accepted in elections a process that is contrary to European values, democratic principles and national sovereignty.

As emphasized, “The Republic of Poland considers any foreign interference in the Polish electoral process as an act hostile to the Polish state and will fight it with all its might.” “Politicians in a country whose democratic system only existed as a condition for peace negotiations after World War I, and was later established by the Allies as a result of Germany’s defeat in World War II, had no mandate to lecture others about it. democracy,” the resolution said. .(PAP)

Author: Karol Kostrzewa

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