Poland's Duda to meet Speaker amid swearing-in dispute
In an interview with Polsat News on Friday, Hołownia, also the leader of the ruling coalition party Poland 2050, said he faced repeated pressure to delay the swearing-in of Nawrocki, calling it an attempted "coup d'état". He declined to name names, referring only to those who "didn't like the outcome of the presidential election."
Nawrocki, backed by opposition PiS, narrowly defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, the candidate of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform, in the June presidential election.
Despite widespread concerns over the irregularities and over 50,000 complaints, the Supreme Court upheld the result. Criticism of the electoral process mounted as the complaints were handled by a chamber widely criticised for being politicised under the previous PiS governments and not recognised as legitimate by the top EU court.
Hołownia has ruled out any delay, saying there's no legal or factual basis to block the swearing-in, which is to take place in the assembly of both parliamentary chambers.
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