In May, the Senate amendment to the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS), which restored the right of neo-judges to be elected to the new Council, sparked significant controversy. On July 11, the Justice Committee and the Sejm will decide its fate. OKO.press has obtained the legal opinions commissioned by the Committee.

Jarosław Kaczyński was aware of how Sovereign Poland was manipulating the Justice Fund. However, Zbigniew Ziobro faced no consequences, receiving only a polite reprimand.

A case is currently being heard before Julia Przyłębska’s Constitutional Tribunal, initiated by the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS). The KRS is attempting to prevent the Minister of Justice from having the authority to dismiss presidents and vice-presidents of common courts.

A breakthrough in the issue of same-sex marriages. The Attorney General has revoked the directive issued during Ziobro’s tenure, which prevented the transcription of same-sex marriage certificates concluded abroad.

Among the newly appointed neo-judges are the former controversial Children’s Rights Ombudsman, Mikołaj Pawlak, and the rapidly advancing prosecutor, Franciszek Michera, who sought the detention of Tuleya. Presidents of courts appointed by Ziobro have also been made neo-judges.

This is the balance of the first six months of Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar’s term. But it’s not the end. There are already new promotions and further dismissals of Ziobro’s appointees in the courts of Białystok, Rzeszów, Konin, and Słupsk.

Investigation by OKO.press and TVN24: Documents with judges’ data were taken from the Ministry of Justice, where the KastaWatch account was created to discredit judges. We have evidence of an orchestrated attack on Judge Waldemar Żurek and indications that Zbigniew Ziobro knew about it.   OKO.PRESS and TVN24 journalist Marta Gordziewicz have obtained new evidence […]

The Senate has voted on the amendment to the KRS Act. Several dozen amendments have been introduced to the draft, including a very important one – granting newly appointed judges the right to stand for election to the Council. This is the result of the Venice Commission’s opinion. But discussions with President Duda also concerned this issue.

After several months of work, the Sejm adopted an amendment to the law on the National Council of the Judiciary. The new Council is to be elected by judges, not by parliamentarians. The President has already announced that he will veto the law. The main point of contention is the exclusion of so-called “neo-judges” from the possibility of candidacy.

Justice Minister Bodnar has just appointed three new court presidents in Poznań. The local courts in Poznań and Kraków are the first in Poland where independent judges will replace Ziobro’s nominees. So far, Bodnar has appointed 27 new court presidents, and we publish their list.