New electoral commission members named

President Bronisław Komorowski has given official nominations to the new members of Poland’s State Electoral Commission (PKW). The commission’s former members resigned after the first round of recent local elections, after troubles with vote counting. The new memebers are Wiesław Błuś, Zbigniew Cieślak, Arkadiusz Despot-Mładanowicz, Wojciech Hermeliński, Wojciech Kręcisz, Sylwester Marciniak, Janusz Niemcewicz, Krzysztof Strzelczyk and Wiesław Kozielewicz. Members of the PKW are nominated upon the request of the heads of the Constitutional Tribunal, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court.