The final findings are expected to be released on Friday, July 25. So far, prosecutors have completed recounts in 222 out of 252 polling stations, uncovering irregularities in 71, according to the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza.
Currently, 19 ongoing investigations across Poland focus mainly on miscounted votes, ballots wrongly attributed to different candidates, and discrepancies between official recount protocols and actual results from this year’s presidential election, National Public Prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk said during an interview with TVN24.
Supreme Court upholds Nawrocki’s win amid constitutional legitimacy concerns
The Supreme Court’s Chamber of Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs is a body whose constitutional legitimacy is disputed by the ruling coalition. It is largely composed of so-called “neo-judges” - judges appointed through a legally contested process and backed by circles aligned with the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party. This chamber confirmed the validity of Karol Nawrocki’s presidential victory in early July.
On July 17, Chief Justice Małgorzata Manowska notified prosecutors of an alleged crime committed when the government published the Supreme Court's resolution declaring Nawrocki's election as president valid.
The government added an annotation to the resolution saying that the Supreme Court's Chamber of Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs is illegitimate. That addition constituted “unlawful interference by the executive branch … and an audacious attack on the independence of the Supreme Court," according to Manowska.
Wałęsa announces boycott of Nawrocki’s inauguration
Despite receiving more than 54,000 election complaints, the Supreme Court upheld only 21 as valid and concluded that none affected the final result. These cases involved polling stations where inspections revealed misassigned ballots between candidates in the second round or irregularities in vote counting.
Amid ongoing controversy surrounding the results, Solidarity icon and former president Lech Wałęsa announced he would not attend Nawrocki’s inauguration, scheduled for August 6.
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