Supreme Court: July's presidential election is valid

The presidential election of July 2020 is valid, the Extraordinary Audit and Public Affairs Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. As Ewa Stefańska, chairman of the composition, said in the statement of reasons for the resolution, the court, when adopting the resolution, "took into account all circumstances, including those that were not the subject of the election protest."

After the presidential election, a total of 5,847 election protests were received by the Supreme Court. The flow of the protests to the Supreme Court was several dozen times higher than in the previous election. Only in 1995, more protests against the validity of the election were brought before the Supreme Court. The Extraordinary Control Chamber of the Supreme Court finished the examination of protests on Sunday. In 93 cases, the allegations contained therein were deemed to be wholly or partially justified, but did not affect the election result. Most of the protests, however, were left unattended.

(PAP)