“It cannot be that one judge gets better and the other judge gets worse. These changes are completely unacceptable, both in committee and during parliamentary votes. The amendments will be rejected,” emphasized PiS MP Marek Ast, chairman of the parliamentary committee on Justice and Human Rights, in an interview with Maciej Wolny on wPolsce.pl television, referring to the issue of amending the Supreme Court law . .
Senate amendments to amending Supreme Court law
The politician pointed out that the amendments tabled by the Senate to the law change on the Supreme Court amend “the law that is the result of a difficult compromise with the European Commission”.
The Polish state made concessions and got assurances and acceptance from our EU partners that these provisions are adequate and should not be changed in any way during the work of the Sejm. Then there is a guarantee that the KPO funds will be released
– said Marek Ast.
The Senate proposes to abolish the Chamber of Professional Responsibility and transfer disciplinary proceedings to the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber; in addition, the Senate proposes that disciplinary cases be decided by judges with seven years of seniority. This is simply differentiating the status of judges, undermining the president’s prerogative, because the president has appointed each judge to serve on an equal footing. It cannot be that one judge gets better and the other judge gets worse. These changes are completely unacceptable, both in committee and during parliamentary votes. These fixes are rejected
- stressed the PiS MP.
What will President Duda do?
When asked what decision President Andrzej Duda would make, Marek Ast said he would “assess and weigh all arguments”.
If in doubt, after signing the bill, he will probably decide to submit it to the Constitutional Tribunal. I think if in doubt it would be the best solution, but if he is not in doubt, he will simply sign this law, also due to the fact that – according to the statement of representatives of the European Commission – it is the release of funds from KPO, waiting for Polish people
– said MP Ast, adding that this is also a test of the credibility of the European Commission.
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Source: wPolityce
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