Minister of Justice and lawyer General Waldemar Żurek instructed the prosecution to initiate criminal proceedings against the President's Chancellery staff who were to advise Karol Nawrock not to accept the oath of 4 judges of the Constitutional Court. "The fact that the president chose his finger, which he liked more, is simply a violation of the law," Żurek stressed.
During the Monday press conference, Minister of Justice and lawyer General Waldemar Żurek reported initiating criminal proceedings against people in the immediate vicinity of president Karol Nawrocki.
- I'm sorry. present I made a decision, ordered the D.A. to initiate proceedings against people who have made themselves public - I mean representatives of the President's Chancellery, but possibly besides another people - who advised the president not to take this vow - informed the lawyer General.
SEE: "We ask the president to do his duty". fresh judges appealed to the TK president
The case concerns the swearing-in of six new judges of the Constitutional Court. The president took a vow from 2 of them - Magdalena Bentkowska and Dariusz Szostka. To the another 4 selected people - Krystian Markiewicz, Maciej Taborowski, Marcin Dziurda and Anna Korwin-Piotrowska - - The head of state refuses to take his vows.
Finally, last Thursday, in the Sejm building, all recently elected judges of the Constitutional Court made a vow in the presence of a notary. Despite the authoritative invitation sent to the Presidential Palace, President Karol Nawrocki did not attend the ceremony.
"President picked his finger." Żurek definitely on the oath of judges of the TK
The Minister of Justice assessed that the actions of president Karol Nawrocki on the swearing-in of judges of the Constitutional Court were incompatible with the basic law. According to the head of the department, the president has overstepped his authority., choosing to take a vow only from any persons designated by the Sejm.
SEE: A dispute over the oath of the judges. The president of the Constitutional Court spoke
- I'm sorry. The fact that the president picked a finger he liked better is simply a violation of the law. - stressed Mr Zurek, while pointing out that the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal should be appointed on the basis of a decision of the Sejm, alternatively than an arbitrary assessment of the head of state.
The Minister besides referred to the Court itself's attitude by hitting the president Bogdan Święczkowski. Waldemar Żurek questioned the legality of the actions of the TK leadership, which, in his opinion, makes designation of the position of judges dependent on the current position of the Presidential Palace.
According to the head of MS, specified the situation is "curious" and completely without legal basis. The Minister pointed out that the judges elected by the Sejm should be able to take up duties regardless of the individual preferences of another authorities of the State.
Reaction from the Presidential Palace. "Zurek crossed the line of humor"
The head of the global Policy Bureau of the president of Poland responded to the decision of the Minister of Justice Marcin Policz.
In the entry on the X platform, he stated that "The worst minute for all politician is erstwhile he becomes ridiculous", and Waldemar Żurek "crossed that line a long time ago".
SEE: "Abdication of the President", "anti-judges". On the net, after the judges have vowed
The President's Minister assessed that the effort to prosecute state chief advisors for their legal opinions hits the foundations of the regulation of law.
The handyman besides addressed the Prime Minister straight Donald Tusk. "Are these standards of liberal democracy, Prime Minister?" - asked rhetorically an associate of Karol Nawrocki.
The vows of the judges of the TK without the president. "Complicated to but without presence"
Despite the congratulations that president Bogdan Święczkowski gave to all judges elected by the Sejm, he stated in his authoritative communication that the way of ruling for 4 of them remains closed. The president stated that he "could not admit the establishment of a business relationship" of the said persons, as he had not received confirmation from the president that he had taken a vow from them.
SEE: "A manifest violation of the Constitution". Żurek appeals to Nawrocki
The judges themselves stand in the other position. In their statement, they stressed that their vows were "directed to president Nawrocki", and they themselves are "the correct and effective elected judges of the TK".
The arguments of the judges powerfully rejected the President's Chancellery Zbigniew Bogucki, indicating the deficiency of physical presence of the head of state as a key legal defect of the full procedure. - I'm sorry. It cannot be considered that a vow was made to the president becauseThe president wasn't there. - stated.
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