The SS will shortly elect a candidate
Law and Justice is planning to announce their candidate in the presidential election in just over a month. The organization intends to repeat the strategy of 11 November 2014, erstwhile the PiS president pointed out Andrzej Duda as a candidate for the highest office in the state, which yet ended with his victory.
For months, speculation in the media about possible candidates has been limited to respective people. Among them are PiS MP Zbigniew Bogucki, Euro MP Tobias Bocheński and erstwhile presidential minister Marcin Przycz, who has been an MP since last autumn. Karol Nawrocki, the current president of the Institute of National Memory, is besides mentioned from the beginning. However, the second can prove problematic for the institution itself.
IPN decommissioning plan
According to Onetu, any IPN employees fear that the eventual Nawrocki candidacy in the presidential election may accelerate the operation of the camp of power towards this institution.
Vladimir Czarzasty, leader of the Left, spoke about CBA and IPN about a year ago, claiming that these institutions should be liquidated. He recalled that the Left did not support the establishment of any of these institutions. Coalition
The citizen besides seems to support this, although she had a different position in the past. In 2013, Donald Tusk's government defended the sense of CBA erstwhile the SLD filed a bill to liquidate this institution. In 2021, Donald Tusk, in turn, expressed his support for the liquidation of CBA and IPN, noting that the Law and Justice "has long since liquidated these institutions", and their current action is not related to anti-corruption or memory. Similarly, KO politicians, including Robert Kropiwnicki, have stated that CBA is the most politicized service. Rafał Trzaskowski, president of Warsaw, besides supports the liquidation of CBA, pointing to its politicisation.
On the another hand, 3rd Way politicians, especially with the PSL, were skeptical of the thought of eliminating CBA and IPN. Miłosz Motyka, a spokesperson for the PSL, pointed out that no of these parties are planning to liquidate them, but he advocates their depoliticisation and considers changes in their structure.
Dangerous Absence
I'm rooting for the president myself, but I'm afraid his possible start will start a troubled period for the institute. The current power has actually been sharpening its teeth on the IPN for years, and it's just waiting for specified an excuse. – told Onet 1 of the employees.
The portal points out that Nawrocki's possible participation in the presidential run could lead to his many months of absence as head of the institution. There is uncertainty that his absence of resignation would not violate the IPN Act, which provides for a replacement for the president only in the event of his death. If Nawrocki had decided to resign, the Sejm would gotta elect his successor and then his election would should be approved by the Senate. Both chambers have a majority in the coalition, but only the IPN College is entitled to submit candidates, in which PiS-related persons dominate.
The word of office of members of the IPN College lasts 7 years, and all current members were appointed just over a year ago, which means that their word of office will not end until 2030. In practice, they are irrevocab due to the fact that the request for removal of a associate of the college must be voted by a 2/3 majority. This individual must then be called off by the authority which appointed him, the President, the Sejm or the Senate.
