Declaration by the Confederation of the Polish Crown
The Political Committee of the Confederation of the Polish Crown states that as a consequence of the systematic violation of the law by any members of the Council of the Leaders of the Confederation of Freedom and Independence, originating from the fresh Hope and National Movement, a situation arose which gives grounds for undermining the legality of the current authorities of the Party.
Such actions do not respect the perfect principles of the Confederation of Freedom and independency and undermine its credibility, both towards members and many Poles who saw the Confederation as a organization based on values, which thus differs from mainstream groups.
Reasons:
According to paragraph 21.1 of the Statute of the Confederation of Freedom and Independence, the Board of Leaders shall convene legislature at least erstwhile all 5 years. This period expired on 25.07.2024 and despite its expiry, the Council, ignoring the reported calls, did not call Congress, which constituted a gross violation of this Statute. Moreover, all organization bodies are of a cadency nature, which renders all decisions taken by these bodies without a legal basis, simply ineffective.
It should be noted that the erstwhile Council of Confederate Leaders was not by choice, but by appointment, which took place at the time the organization was formed. This has resulted in the application of paragraph 3(7). The Statute, according to which the erstwhile members of the bodies proceed to exercise their responsibilities until subsequent elections, gave emergence to serious doubts and gave emergence to the question of the decisions taken by that body.
The Confederation of the Polish Crown, aware of the irregularities, called unsuccessfully for their removal. The decision to convene legislature on 8 March allowed to hope that due to the content of the couples. 20.1 of the Statute, according to which legislature is the ultimate authority of the party, Congress, despite doubts about the regularity of its convocation, will make constructive decisions whereby interior relations in the organization will be brought to a lawful state.
Unfortunately, the Council of Leaders, in order to warrant the advantage of its option in Congress, accepted fresh members into the Party. Due to the deficiency of the required couples. 24.1.9 of the Statute qualified by a majority of 4/5 votes has previously led to the removal from the Board of Leaders of persons who did not agree to specified actions. As a result, the organization members thus accepted took part in the votes during Congress, having a decisive influence on the vote.
The convocations of legislature sent delegates the proposed agenda. Point 2 of this paper provides for the recognition of requests to supplement the agenda. In accordance with point 3 of the Confederate legislature Rules, by the end of the preceding day of Congress, each associate of the organization may have requested the completion of the agenda. Delegates representing the Confederation of the Polish Crown submitted a number of specified proposals, including a resolution which was intended to sanction the situation in the Party. In accordance with point 10 of its Rules of Procedure, The president of the gathering should have presented to legislature the proposals submitted under point 3. As stated in paragraph 10, the legislature shall, by simple majority, take into account or reject a request to supplement the agenda. Moreover, after all the applications have been resolved, The president shall state the adoption of the agenda. All these provisions have been violated. The agenda item 2 was not implemented due to the fact that the President, contrary to the above mentioned provisions of the Rules of Procedure, did not vote on the proposals submitted. Requests for completion of the agenda were not considered until the substantive points of legislature were exhausted, finally, as ‘free requests’, which made them irrelevant. Thus, the agenda required by the Rules of Procedure has not been adopted. These actions were not due to error, but to a conscious action aimed at eliminating discussions on issues applicable to the Party.
It should besides be noted that the above action prevented legislature from examining the legitimacy of exclusion from membership and, consequently, whether it was legally prevented from participating and voting in legislature for 2 members of the Confederation.
The situation described above in absolute terms undermines the credibility and legality of the recently elected authorities of the Confederation of Freedom and Independence. As a result, the organization is entering the way of systemic violation of the law, including the principles resulting from Article 8 of the Political organization Act. The Confederation of the Polish Crown accepts this situation with deep regret.
Under the authority of the Bureau of the Confederation of the Polish Crown
Roman Fritz, Vice President
10 March 2025.
