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Tuesday night in the evening, a debate began in the Senate on the amendment of the laws on the Supreme Court, the Courts system, the National Council of the Judiciary and the Public Prosecutor's Office. Earlier, the House made the decision, by Senators PiS, not to ask questions to the Ombudsman
/ Marcin Obara / PAP
After the appearance of the ombudsman of Adam Bodnar, Senator Marek Martynowski (PiS ) proposed a formal request for debate without asking the mediator
. Senate Vice President Bogdan Borusewicz (PO) said that "PiS once again closes the opposition of the mouth." "I understand that if you're outnumbered, you think you can do something, I'm opposed to it" – he pointed out
After these words, the senators left the room a moment and the Martynowski's request was received by Senators PiS. 19659009] Senator Bogdan Klich told reporters that "the right of the opposition to ask questions is limited a few hours ago, now to the mediator."
"It is as if the majority of the Senate wanted to block our lips, senators, but also RPO, who dared to issue an opinion that is not popular in this part of the Senate Chamber, namely that this law was prepared only because the company respected and the president of Mrs. Małgorzata Gersdorf entered the Supreme Court, and secondly because of the resolution of the General Assembly of the Supreme Court, the President and the president are in full support, it's an obvious reaction to the words that hurt, the words that Senators PiS hurt and we can not accept such a thing, "Klich said.
Senator Aleksander Pociej (PO) added: The Senate was very different from the Sejm and the spokesman spoke in the same way as the deputy (Stanisław) Piotrowicz on the committee (justice). Previously, that did not happen in the Senate. At the beginning of his speech, Adam Bodnar spoke directly to the Deputy Minister of Justice, Łukasz Piebiak, who appeared before him during his work in the Senate on a recent lawsuit
. I remember the minister's commitment to the independence of the judiciary in Hungary and Turkey. The last time we met, it was the meeting of the Association of Polish Judges "Iustitia", probably organized on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of "Iustitia" in Suwałki, then the Minister strongly defended the various rules concerning the independence of the judiciary. Since November 2015 and later, this vision seems divergent and it seems to me that our ideological problems have disappeared in this regard, "said Bodnar. I believe that values are immutable and constitutional values that defend the independence of the judiciary. they should be immutable and the constitution has not changed and should be the subject of defense and therefore of my presence here, because I believe that it is my duty to protest and to express openly this opposition when it violates the constitution and when it can assert to the violation of the constitution and when there may be a violation of the right to court as me basic change to protect individual rights and freedoms "- at
Bodnar, referring to the provisions of the amendment to the Act, said that doubts arise, inter alia, legislative fashion. "We are discussing the parliamentary project, but I would say that the details, the level of progress of the various solutions included in this project may give the impression that it is not necessarily a parliamentary bill, but we must believe the words of the minister (Piebiak) "says RPO .
"What is characteristic, it is this very fast procedure at the moment we are dealing with acts of constitutional importance, laws that not only solve systemic problems, but also affect the lives of many people. people … we expect this type of project to be dealt with over a period of time, so that you can think of all the fundamental errors contained in the law, "he added. .
According to Bodnar, the law introduces solutions that can be considered as age-based discrimination and issues related to age discrimination. Moreover, according to the ROP, the law introduces limited possibilities to appeal the decision of the National Court Registry regarding opinions on candidates for Supreme Court positions. According to Bodnar, this compromises equal access to the public service, as the National Court's register could revoke the candidate without justification to the Supreme Court under the revised provisions.
According to the Commissioner, the change in the number of judges from 110 to 80 be planted to indicate to the President five candidates to fulfill the function of First President of the Supreme Court.
"I realize the purpose of the preparation and the adoption of this bill, if not the resolution of the General Assembly .June and uniform, the joint support of Supreme Court judges for Mrs. I. Chairman of Małgorzata Gersdorf, and he would not have stood up if it was for what happened on July 4, showing respect for Polish society, which hosted Ms. Supreme Court Building and the support of various international institutions, "said Bod nar in the Senate.
According to him, the purpose of the amendment is to "repair the situation that has occurred". "In general, it means a greater subordination of the judiciary to politicians," Bodnar said.
