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Poland: backtracking on justice reform

2021-08-07T09:45:42.188Z


WARSAW, 07 AUG - The president of the main party of the conservative ruling coalition in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has announced that the law that provided for a disciplinary body to supervise s ... (ANSA)


(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, 07 AUG - The president of the main party of the conservative government coalition in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has announced that the law that provided for a disciplinary body to supervise the judiciary, which has been severely contested by the Union, will be eliminated from the reform of justice European.


    "We will abolish the Disciplinary Chamber (of the Supreme Court) in the form in which it currently functions and the subject of the dispute (with the EU) will disappear," said the president of the Law and Justice (PiS) party. to PAP agency. Kaczynski then pointed out that the first proposals to modify the reform should be presented in September. The Court of Justice of the EU on 14 July ordered Poland to immediately terminate the activities of the disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court established as part of the reform of the judicial system, a body responsible for the supervision of judges, with the power to revoke their immunity to expose criminal proceedings. or to reduce their salaries. The same Court of Justice subsequently established, on July 15, that this Chamber "it did not offer all the guarantees of impartiality and independence "and" was not immune from direct or indirect influences of the legislative and executive authorities ". (ANSA-AFP).


Source: ansa

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