Supreme Court dismisses protest against presidential election results regarding disqualification due to expired additional penalty period.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed Andrzej K.'s protest against the presidential election results, ruling that his additional penalty period had expired before the election. Although K. argued he was wrongly deprived of voting rights after serving part of his sentence, the court found the additional penalty period runs independently of imprisonment. Consequently, the court determined K. had not been unlawfully deprived of his right to vote.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 45 Kodeksu karnego; art. 3 pkt 1 ustawy o wyborze Prezydenta RP: The additional penalty period for deprivation of public rights runs independently of the imprisonment term and expires before the election if the term concludes prior to voting, thus not constituting an unlawful deprivation of the right to vote.