Following the presidential debate held in Koński, MPs of Law and Justice (PiS) decided to launch parliamentary scrutiny at the TVP headquarters. Their aim is to find who covered the costs of organising this debate. Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the PiS parliamentary club, announced that on Monday the MPs of his organization would carry out checks on TVP in order to find out whether the costs of the debate were covered by the election committee of the Citizen Coalition candidate (KO) for President, Rafał Trzaskowski.
The debate in Koński was organised by TVP, TVN and Polsat, as well as by tv Republic, which organised its own debate on the local market. PiS MPs want to see the invoices that TVP issued to the electoral committee of Rafał Trzaskowski to find whether the Polish payer financed the debate. Mariusz Błaszczak suggests that TVP broke the law by engaging in an election run of 1 of the election committees. He besides announced a referral to the State Electoral Commission (PPP).
In the context of the debate in Koński there was besides a figure of Andrzej Moebus, the president of the company Medowy Dom AM Studio, who rented a sports hall in Koński for the election committee Rafał Trzaskowski. Andrzej Moebus is known to the unions with Prime Minister Donald Tuski, and his company is to organize the celebration of the thousandth anniversary of Chrobry's coronation in Warsaw under the patronage of the Prime Minister. PiS MPs want to explain why Andrzej Moebus was selected to organise these celebrations, which are to receive PLN 20 million of funding.
The controversy surrounding the presidential debate in Konski is another step in the electoral campaign, which has intensified in fresh weeks. PiS MPs want to find whether TVP and another tv stations have retained objectivity and independency during the debate or have engaged in an election run of 1 of the candidates. This issue may have an impact on the result of the presidential election, which is why the PiS MEPs want to clarify all the circumstances surrounding the debate in Koński.
It is worth reminding that the presidential elections in Poland are among the most crucial elections in the country, and the election run is very tight. Candidates for president must meet certain requirements, specified as age, Polish citizenship, and non-punishment. The election committee of each candidate must besides meet certain requirements, specified as collecting an appropriate number of endorsement signatures.
Therefore, the PiS members want to find whether the election committee of Rafał Trzaskowski met all the requirements and whether TVP and another tv stations retained objectivity and independency during the debate. This issue is very crucial due to the fact that it may affect the result of the presidential election. PiS MPs want to clarify all the circumstances related to the debate in Koński to guarantee that the presidential elections in Poland are fair and transparent.
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Controversy around the presidential debate: PiS MPs search answers
