Witold Tumanovich, speech in the Sejm on the envelope election, December 7, 2023.
– In order to look at the correspondence elections at all, the full event, it is impossible not to look at all aspects of the 2020 election. In the atmosphere of fear and pandemic foolishness, which manifested itself e.g. closing forests or playgrounds, presidential elections were held.
I remind you, 5 February 2020 were announced and ordered for 10 May.
During this time, lockdowns were introduced, people were shut down, and people were chased who conducted election agitation for presidential candidates.
I even asked the State Election Commission if there was a violation of the Constitution, of the freedom of election. If police are chasing, for example, posters or banners, in the course of a legal campaign, then do we happen to be dealing with freedom of electoral agitation here.
This full atmosphere led to the decision on the 1 hand [PiS] to push through and change the rules of the game during the course of its course, that is, to effort to introduce correspondence elections, a bill to introduce it. That, in my opinion, is unacceptable, due to the fact that beyond constitutional. But even if... You in turn [KO] have done obstruction in this respect. You didn't let specified regulations. It'll should be examined.
Together and in agreement, you have led to the overthrow of these elections. Neither by taking constitutional action to carry out these elections, or by introducing an emergency, or by conducting them usually within the time limit. ...
The constitutional word appointed by the talker of the Sejm passed this had to be set a fresh election date. Unconstitutional. We've entered the non-constitutional area. And in fact, the process of how these next elections were conducted, how were the decisions taken, who consulted these changes, who did so that a change of candidates was made? and why did these fresh elections benefit in any part from candidates already submitted in erstwhile elections? They didn't gotta collect signatures. On the another hand, another candidates were allowed to attend specified a collection. And I remind you, inactive in the atmosphere of pandemic fear and stupidity.
Why was there a situation where, if you think there was specified a threat, fresh candidates were allowed to collect these signatures at all? If there was specified a pandemic threat? After all, to personally collect these signatures, 1 individual had to meet thousands of people. And we had to collect 100,000 signatures. Of course, this could have been collected by correspondence. And the cards? The pages were disinfected? ...
Why was it allowed that 1 candidate could be allowed to pass, and I remind you, they were collecting signatures while those lockdowns were not there, and why was there a situation in which this part of candidates was privileged and another 1 was to collect signatures from the beginning? It's just incomprehensible to me that we haven't decided on 1 of the versions. Either everyone collects signatures again, or we consider that those elections in any part were legal, that is, the part concerning the submission of candidates was closed. And these candidates can't be changed.
And that's my question. How did it even happen that specified a procedure was passed?
All these aspects request to be examined. due to the fact that we were dealing with an unprecedented event. Just to know how to respond to the future. due to the fact that you, in fact, do not have any reflection on how the elections should be held after the presidential elections, within the time limit constitutionally appointed by the Speaker, have not been held. This should be examined.
Therefore We are making an amendment to extend the scope of the committee. At the same time, 1 more appeal. Namely, there are reports that you want to deprive 1.5 million voters of your typical on the committee of enquiry and others. The omission of 1.5 million Confederate voters will surely be a problem for these voters and, moreover, the omission of an crucial vote in these committees of inquiry. Without the participation of the Confederate representatives in these committees, they will only be the wars of the POPIS and circuses.
