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The Constitutional Tribunal of Poland declared this Wednesday the immediate illegalization of the Polish Communist Party (KPP), considering that its objectives and activities are incompatible with the country's Constitution.
The ruling, read by Judge Krystyna Pawlowicz, emphasizes that “there is no place in the Polish legal system for a party that glorifies criminals and communist regimes responsible for the deaths of millions of human beings, including our compatriots,” as reported by the local network RMF24.
The decision ends more than two decades of the KPP's existence, a party established in 2002 with no significant political relevance, having only around a thousand members and no elected officials.
Nevertheless, the Court found that its ideological program violates the constitutional articles that prohibit organizations based on “totalitarian ideologies akin to Nazism, fascism, and communism”.
The resolution responds to a request driven by the Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, and supports a dominant political and social trend in the country, profoundly shaped by the scars of Soviet rule following World War II.
During the hearing, the president of the National Executive Committee of the KPP, Beata Karon, claimed that the party "poses no threat whatsoever," describing the ban as unnecessary. "Our program is so unappealing that we wouldn't garner electoral support," she sarcastically remarked before the judges.
The ruling reaffirms the anticommunist stance of the Polish state, a political line shared by much of Eastern Europe, where the communist dictatorships of the 20th century left a legacy of repression, censorship, and poverty.
Poland, along with Hungary and the Baltic countries, has promoted "historical memory" policies that explicitly condemn the crimes of communism.
Analysts emphasize that this measure has a strong symbolic component: Poland becomes one of the few European countries that officially prohibits the existence of a communist party, reaffirming its complete break with the totalitarian system that dominated the region for more than four decades.
In contrast, in Cuba, China, and other communist regimes, single parties maintain absolute control over power, allowing no political alternatives or legal opposition, serving as a reminder of the influence this ideology still holds in certain corners of the world.
Last September, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and his Polish counterpart, Radosław Sikorski, engaged in a exchange of messages on the social network X, following the receipt of the Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Award 2025 by opposition leader Berta Soler, head of the Ladies in White, in Miami.
Rodríguez harshly criticized the awarding of the prize to the opposition figure, while Sikorski responded that the award “is funded by Poland, not by the United States,” and that it honors those who peacefully fight for freedom and democracy.
"The people of Cuba deserve it too," he emphasized in a message that resonated strongly due to the symbolism of a country that endured decades of communist dictatorship (1945-1989) before achieving its democratic transition.
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