Poland bans Communist party for promoting totalitarian ideology

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled to ban the country’s Communist Party, declaring the organisation illegal and ordering its removal from the official party register.

The court found that the party’s goals and activities violated constitutional provisions that prohibit political groups promoting totalitarian ideologies, including Nazism, fascism, and communism, Caliber.Az reports via Polish media. 

Judge Krystyna Pawłowicz of the Constitutional Tribunal said the ruling reflected the view that Poland’s legal system cannot accommodate a party that, in the court’s assessment, glorifies figures and regimes responsible for mass repression and the deaths of millions, including Polish citizens.

Ahead of the decision, the Communist International — a global alliance of 35 communist parties — criticised the move, describing it as the culmination of what it called “anti-communist policies supported by the European Union.”

The Communist Party of Poland was established in 2002.

By Sabina Mammadli