PM appeals to rebel constitutional court judges to end protest and rule on EU funds bill
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- 03 May 2023
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Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has today appealed to a group of rebel constitutional court judges to “think about the good of Poland” and end their refusal to rule on a law intended to unlock billions of euros of European funds.
His call comes after the chief justice of the court – whose legitimacy the rebels refuse to accept – and the majority of its judges also issued an appeal to their colleagues to end their protest.
The Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has been locked in an internal dispute since the turn of the year, when six of its 15 judges said that they no longer recognised the legitimacy of its president, Julia Przyłębska. They argue – as do many legal experts – that her term as chief justice ended in December 2022.
Przyłębska, however, denies that and says that her term lasts until 2024. The chief justice – who is a close associate of Jarosław Kaczyński, chairman of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party – has received backing from the government. Read More…
