Constitutional Tribunal green lights new election law

After four hours of debate, the president of Constitutional Tribunal, professor Marek Safjan, read the verdict. Every point of the electoral system that was contested by the opposition was judged constitutional, including the so-called 'blocks.' Politicians from the coalition are not hiding their joy. Prime Minister Kaczyński said that he is happy with the verdict and opined that invalidating the electoral system would have been a political decision. Andrzej Lepper of Self-defense noted that the opposition protested against the blocks, but at the same time they formed blocks and are going to cooperate in the upcoming elections. The opposition responded that they had formed blocks simply because of the new electoral system. (Rzeczpospolita, November 4-5, p. A1, A4) M.M.