According to the media, the State Electoral Commission sent a request to the Warsaw territory Court to remove fresh Hope from the registry of political parties. PKW questioned the way the financial statements were submitted for 2024, considering that the papers did not meet statutory requirements.
According to the Political organization Act, if no study has been submitted, the State Election Commission shall request the court to delete the entry of that organization from the records.. In specified a situation, the court has no area for manoeuvre – it must take into account the PKW request.
Deleted lots
According to officials of the National Election Office, the chances of a affirmative result in akin cases are limited – so far only a fewer parties have managed to avoid being deleted from the records in akin situations. Cases of political parties being removed from the records have already occurred in the past.
New Hope is 1 of 7 parties who have failed to comply with the work to submit their accounts on time. Among them were besides the KORWIN organization Janusz Korwin-Mikke and the National Kamrats – the second were already deleted from the records.
Mentzen's fresh party?
This time, the issue is much more serious – fresh Hope is simply a key component of the Confederation, which has recorded evidence support in fresh polls. If the court adheres to the PKW's motion, the consequences may be severe for the formation led by Sławomir Mentzen. It is worth recalling that the leader of fresh Hope, obtained 14.81 percent of the votes in the first circular of the presidential election, which gave him 3rd place in the national result. If fresh Hope is removed from the records, the environment associated with Sławomir Mentzen will be forced to form and registry a fresh political party.
One of the first to announce the fight to keep the organization was Bartłomiej Pejo, a typical of fresh Hope. As he stressed, the group intends to assert its rights in court. Actors at the same time admit that even in the event of an adverse ruling, the registration of a fresh organization should not be a major problem. A spokesperson for the formation, Wojciech Machulski, in an interview with Republic noted that in addition to the legal dispute, fresh Hope besides focuses on further political development.
