“This morning, I went to the Supreme Court after my informants told me yesterday that the protocols received from district courts - the recount reports from local electoral commissions - showed evidence of electoral fraud in almost every case,” said Roman Giertych during a live-streamed statement on his YouTube channel.
The Civic Coalition MP added that he requested access to these documents, but was denied by both the Chamber of Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs - an institution whose legitimacy is disputed by the current ruling majority - and by the First President of the Supreme Court, Małgorzata Manowska.
Giertych claimed that the Chamber was created to conceal electoral fraud benefiting the Law and Justice party, a plan he attributed to party leader Jarosław Kaczyński.
Despite filing a legally valid request to review the recount protocols from disputed local commissions during the second round of the presidential election, Giertych said he was refused access, though he insists he has the right to see the documents.
Roman Giertych argues that this refusal itself is evidence of electoral malpractice.
Giertych calls for 30-day pause in parliament over disputed court’s role in election ruling. In response to what he called an unacceptable situation - where an “illegal chamber created by Kaczyński” is set to rule on the presidency of a candidate backed by the PiS leader - Roman Giertych proposed a 30-day suspension of the Polish National Assembly. The lawyer suggested that during this pause, the 15 most senior Supreme Court judges should deliver a final decision on the validity of the presidential election. Photo: X/@GiertychRoman
In light of these circumstances, Giertych questioned whether the National Assembly should proceed with the planned inauguration of president-elect Karol Nawrocki, scheduled for August 6, 2025.
According to Polish law, the Supreme Court’s Chamber of Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs decides the validity of presidential elections - though its authority is contested by the ruling majority.
Supreme Court under pressure over election complaints, recount calls
As of Wednesday, the Supreme Court had registered around 7,900 election protests, with many more still under review. According to recent findings from money.pl, that number could approach 35,000.
The court must issue a final ruling on the election’s validity by July 2 after considering all complaints.
Nearly 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding a full recount of the presidential vote.
The official result showed Karol Nawrocki, backed by the populist Law and Justice party (PiS), winning the second round by over 369,000 votes ahead of pro-European centrist Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw.
PM urges trust in election results
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed the issue following a National Security Council meeting, saying that “no one in Poland should question the results of the presidential election.”
However, he added that “citizens have the right to be confident that their votes were counted accurately and fairly.”
According to Tusk, any form of manipulation must be prevented. He cited reports that the number of election protests could exceed 30,000 on Wednesday.
Tusk told reporters that it is not his role to decide which protests are justified but said he had communicated to both the outgoing president and the president-elect that it is in the interest of the Polish state, including both the presidency and the government, to dispel any doubts about the election.
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