State in the country. Who truly controls Polish judges?

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The issue of the regulation of law and the independency of judges has been at the heart of the Polish public debate for years. However, the question of whether the deficiency of real control over the judiciary does not lead to systemic depravity of the judiciary is increasingly raised on the basis of the circumstantial cases and experiences of the participants. Piotr Krysiak, an investigative writer and co-host of the “Heretics” programme, in an interview with Radosław Gruca (Goniec.pl) faced the subject of the Polish judiciary. As Krysiak emphasizes, the problem is the construction of the judicial authority itself: – Absolute power corrupts. Where does absolute power come from? In the absence of any control over this power," says Piotr Krysiak of the Bishop.