Why are we writing about it?
The resolution was partly a response to the words of EPP chairman Manfred Weber, who in an interview with ZDF television spoke of “fighting PiS”. He also stated that “every party must accept the rule of law”. The words of Manfred Weber, who criticized the PiS government, resonated widely in Poland.
How do MPs vote?
234 MPs voted for the resolution prepared by PiS deputies “on foreign interference in the electoral process in Poland”, 175 voted against, and 10 abstained from voting. Previously, the Sejm had not agreed to reject the resolution in its entirety.
What is the content of the resolution?
The draft states that from 2015, the government of the Republic of Poland is elected in democratic elections and a parliamentary majority constitutes its political basis, which “at the will of the citizens of the Republic renews its mandate to govern in 2019 and confirms it in the same year in European elections, subject to constant attacks.” of the group that dominates the European Union’s political scene.
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What else is underlined in the resolution?
The draft resolution reminds that based on art. 4 sec 1 The Constitution of the Republic of Poland “The supreme power in the Republic of Poland belongs to the Nation”, and the political concept of the Polish Nation “includes the citizens of the Republic of Poland – them and only them”.
“Therefore, only those authorized to establish the supreme authority of the Republic of Poland, including the Sejm. They and only they decide the political color of the parliamentary majority elected in democratic elections, who in turn appoint a government according to the wishes of the citizens of the Republic expressed in the elections and no one else” – so it is written.
The draft resolution also states that Poland has one of the world’s oldest parliamentary and republican traditions, dating back to the 15th century and the tragic experience of foreign interference in Poland’s electoral process in the 18th century, which led to the collapse of its statehood and 123 years. national slavery. .
What is the author of the resolution warning about?
We consider the military language of the declaration by a politician who exemplifies Europeanism and his all-consuming ambition to shape the Polish political scene by external factors and influences as unacceptable interference in the electoral process, contrary to European values, democratic principles and national sovereignty.
It also added that young democracies, established after World War II in countries with strong authoritarian and totalitarian traditions, “may not recognize that the different views on how to carry out the process of European integration from the camp currently dominant in the Union Europe is a natural feature.” opposition, including the conservative opposition at EU level.
Opposition – as emphasized – exists in every democracy. “Declarations to fight it, instead of treating it as a political competitor, is a feature of the totalitarian system” – so it was written.
The draft also states that “politicians of a country where a democratic system emerged only as a condition for peace talks after World War I, and then established by the Allies as a result of Germany’s defeat in World War II launched by Germany, have no mandate to lecture people.” others on the topic of democracy.
The draft emphasizes that “The Republic of Poland regards any foreign interference in the Polish electoral process as an act hostile to the Polish state and will resolutely fight it.”
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