Daniel Tilles
His triumph is a huge blow to the ruling coalition, but also raises questions for the conservative opposition.
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Daniel Tilles
His triumph is a huge blow to the ruling coalition, but also raises questions for the conservative opposition.
Karol Nawrocki took 50.89% of the vote against 49.11% for his centrist rival Rafał Trzaskowski.
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The same chamber is due to rule on 11 January on the validity of the October parliamentary elections.
The pair was handed prison sentences yesterday but President Duda insists his decision to pardon them still stands.
Some independent legal experts and commentators have also voiced concern over how the government acted.
Stanley Bill
Captured public institutions must be repaired without resorting to the same dubious methods that degraded them.
The judge in question has himself has also been found to have been illegally appointed to the Constitutional Tribunal.
“We support Mr Braun and pray for him,” wrote the priest, referring to the far-right MP who extinguished Hanukkah candles in parliament.
The new government yesterday dismissed the presidents and boards of public media outlets.
Former interior Mariusz Kamiński and his deputy Maciej Wąsik, have been handed two-year prison sentences.
The new budget assumes an 11% higher deficit than planned by the previous administration.
The former PiS government was accused of using Pegasus to surveil opponents and TVP to attack them.
The judges, appointed under the former government, claim the proposed reforms threaten the rule of law and violate the constitution.
“We want parliamentary to be an open place for citizens and for people to feel that it is their place.”