Tag: rule of law
Dr. Machińska: The Romanowski Case Will Set International Boundaries for the Abuse of Immunity
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has never dealt with such serious and well-documented allegations against one of its members. The regulations did not account for this. But now, due to the abuses that occurred during the PiS government’s tenure in the Polish Ministry of Justice, these regulations will be clarified,” says Dr. Hanna Machińska.
Bodnar Asks the Venice Commission to Evaluate Solutions for the Neo-Judge Issue
Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar has requested the Venice Commission’s opinion on two proposed models for addressing the neo-judges problem. Dr. Anna Wójcik explains the nature of the dispute and the potential significance of the Venice Commission’s opinion.
Scandals from PiS Era May Not Be Quickly Resolved. No One May Be Convicted During Tusk’s Term
It may take up to 10 years for final verdicts on PiS politicians and their associates. Prime Minister Donald Tusk will not be able to boast about resolving the scandals by the end of his term because there are bottlenecks and traps in the prosecution and courts left by Ziobro’s “reforms.”
Bodnar: ‘I will hold Ziobro’s people accountable. I will change the courts, I will give the prosecutors independence’
Adam Bodnar announces 9 Acts reforming the justice administration. First, the NCJ, the Constitutional Tribunal and the prosecution service, and the solution of the problem of Ziobro’s nominees in the courts – Schab, Radzik, Lasota and Nawacki. He describes his relations with Tusk. He talks about the ‘shocking scale’ of the surveillance with Pegasus
Matczak: First, the prosecution service, TVP and accountability. Dismiss the NCJ, do not promulgate the rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal
‘Start investigations, break up the solidarity of the PiS community, show the accountability on TVP. Liquidate the neo-NCJ with a resolution of the Sejm, do not promulgate the rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal with stand-ins, vet the neo-judges. But don’t try to cure cholera with the plague,’ this is what Professor Marcin Matczak tells us about fixing the courts.
The government approved a Polish candidate to the office of judge of the CJEU
The PiS government has been trying to select a candidate for the position of judge of the Court of Justice of the EU for two years. The lost election accelerated the matter and the inter-ministerial group nominated Dr Hab. Dobrochna Bach-Golecka, a lawyer and theologian
I wonder where Poland, the fifth largest country of the European Union, would have been today had it not been for these lousy eight years
I have recently read numerous opinions that democracy in Poland is in a good condition after PiS lost its power in the elections. What terrible nonsense.
Public media in the pre-election period: responsibilities and facts
In the context of the appropriation of the public media by the ruling party, it can hardly be expected that they will comply with international, constitutional or statutory obligations.
PiS Threatens to Take Over Courts, Liquidate Supreme Court, and Challenge CJEU
PiS is not hiding the fact that it wants to destroy the independent courts in Poland. It is admitting this in its election programme. It is promising the liquidation of the current courts and the establishment of new ones with ‘its own’ judges. Independent judges will be removed or retired
PiS wants to fight Putin, but save its own Putinism
PiS claims there are fewer attacks on the EU and Brussels, but this is only ostensible peace. The propaganda of the authorities targeted at the EU is sending the message: since there is a war, let us rule without restrictions.
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The prosecution is requesting the lifting of Marcin Romanowski’s immunity.
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The President plans to suggest a candidate for “commissioner” in another Supreme Court Chamber to Tusk.
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The decision of the Chamber of Extraordinary Control regarding the National Electoral Commission’s resolution will not be a ruling of an independent court, says a Supreme Court judge.
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