Polish electoral body says former ruling party violated campaign rules

Leader of Poland’s right-wing opposition Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczynski, addresses a small rally of supporters in Warsaw, Poland (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poland’s electoral authority said that the former ruling right-wing party violated campaign funding rules in the 2023 parliamentary vote.

It imposed a penalty worth nearly £2 million that would undercut the party’s resources for next year’s presidential election.