The Constitutional Tribunal of Poland declared this Wednesday that the aims and activities of the Polish Communist Party (KPP) violate the country’s Constitution and, therefore, ordered its immediate banning. The formation, active since 2002, is thus outside the legal framework for promoting an ideology that the Polish Magna Carta explicitly considers incompatible with the democratic system.
According to RMF24, the judge of the Constitutional Tribunal, Krystyna Pawłowicz, stated in her ruling that «there is no place in the Polish legal system for a party that glorifies criminals and communist regimes responsible for the death of millions of human beings, including our compatriots». The decision underscores the firm rejection by the Polish State of any current that claims totalitarian dictatorships.
A party without political weight, but contrary to the Constitution
The KPP, which lacks parliamentary representation and has barely around a thousand affiliates, had been in the sights of the authorities for years. The president of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki, had recently requested its banning, resuming a process that had already been attempted several times during the last decade.
Although irrelevant in electoral terms, the party has been pointed out for promoting symbols, speeches, and claims associated with Soviet communism, linked in Poland with decades of occupation, political repression, and systematic violations of human rights.
The Polish Constitution prohibits totalitarian ideologies
The Constitution of Poland is clear in prohibiting any political organization founded on totalitarian ideologies, both of Nazi and communist stripe. This provision reflects the country’s historical experience, marked by German occupation, the subsequent communist dictatorship, and the firm national will to safeguard political freedom against any attempt to rehabilitate totalitarian systems.