Deputy Minister of Justice judge Łukasz Piebiak resigned after it was revealed in media, that he had stayed behind an organized hate on judges who do not want to submit to changes in the judiciary introduced by Law and Justice (PiS) political party. Piebiak justified his resignation "with a sense of responsibility for the success of the reforms" he was working on at the ministry. The resignation of Łukasz Piebiak meant that his delegation to the Ministry of Justice had been withdrawn...
08/28/2019
At a press conference convened today (August 28, 2019), the National Board of the Polish Judges Association Iustitia called on all judges delegated to the Ministry of Justice to return to the courts immediately and to end work for politicians. The draft also provides that the Minister will have no longer the right to appoint court presidents introduce a democratic method of electing the members of the National Council of the Judiciary by all judges. Judges from Iustitia also postulat...