Supreme Court dismissed referendum campaign certificate claim due to lack of specific EU accession activity in association statutes.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the Polish Association of Retired and Pensioned Railway Workers' appeal against the Electoral Commission's refusal to issue a certificate for referendum campaign participation. The Commission denied the request because the association's statutes did not explicitly mention the referendum's subject matter, which was the ratification of the EU accession treaty. The Court ruled that while general statutory goals sufficed for other contexts, the specific subject of this referendum was not covered by the association's broad objectives, rendering the submitted documents insufficient to prove eligibility.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 48 ust. 1 pkt 3 lit. c ustawy o referendum ogólnokrajowym; The court held that for a general referendum, it is sufficient for related activity to fall within statutory goals, but the specific subject must be evident in the documents if those goals are not directly linked to the referendum topic.