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The President of the Polish Supreme Court, Malgorzata Gersdorf, who, on the basis of the law in question, should have been in the middle of her pension, came to work in the morning. A judge, whose retirement was confirmed Tuesday by President Andrzej Duda, said that she wanted to defend the rule of law. Due to the law, the European Commission and the Poles organized demonstrations in dozens of cities on Monday in Warsaw. Gersdorf has come to support hundreds of people in court, according to Polish media
"I am not here for politics, I have come to defend the rule of law"
Gersdorf said, surrounded by a crowd of Poles and strangers
journalists. Suddenly she criticizes the attack from the right and
Justice (PiS) on the Independence of Justice, met on Tuesday
with the president who insists that she leave. Gersdorf, on the other hand, stands
its permanent office as a constitution, according to which its mandate
the presidency will expire at the end of the month of April 2020. This confirmed last week
The Polish Conservative PiS since taking office in 2015 highlights the fact that,
that changes in justice are needed to make the courts more efficient and effective
more just. He also argues that in the judges' quarters to a large extent
people remain marked by the mentality of the communist era. Opposition on the contrary
says the government wants to use the law and the other two standards that make up
controversial judicial reform dominated by the Polish judiciary.
According to the law criticized, judges must leave the pension
Supreme Court, which has reached the age of 65, according to media reports
27 of the total 73.
People Again Streets
Resistant to Gersdorf supported several hundred people in court
which political opponents and activists have long opposed
government. There were banners in the crowd "Judges are not on appeal"
or "The Constitution!", and abused the Polish anthem
"What has been established by this clearly unconstitutional law has no
validity, "said former President of the Supreme Court, Adam Strzembosz,
who was one of the participants in the protest. Gersdorf has a
the right to exercise the function of judge until his 70th birthday
The dispute may be dragged for a long time
The dispute is expected to be dragged out longer. Some of the judges
have already asked the president to stay in office anyway
reaching 65 years old. Moreover, the media speculate that Gersdorf is
she will take a vacation because she instructed her at the time on Tuesday
the absence was represented by Józef Iwulski, the oldest member of the court,
who also belongs to the "retired" group. President Duda about it
Criticism of the deputies
The European Commission has launched a law against Poland
can end in the court of the European Union in Luxembourg. The standard has also been addressed
in the European Parliament where Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responded to
many very critical remarks from the MPs. He objected to the fact that
Poland, like any other country, has the right to build a judicial system
"
Two camps
Former leader of the anti-communist movement Solidarity and former president
Lech Walesa on Twitter said that he was leaving Gdansk in Warsaw to be
he added to the protests. The country is threatened by the civil war that he wants
prevent – as well as "the dismantling of democratic
structures. "
" I will not have a gun with me. My intention is peaceful and
in accordance with the Constitution to find an effective way to build the main
a mechanic of Polish discontent in court, "he wrote.
" They do not bring success to this event. I am convinced that in the longer term
perspective is doomed to a shameful defeat, "he
in Gazeta Polska, the chairman of the PiS Jaroslaw Kaczyński, at the address "vzbury
judges. "
Kaczynski was a close associate of Wales, but at the beginning
1990s
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