This is another statement of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland given in foreign media, which offends Polish judges and we find it unacceptable. It is another attempt to mislead European public opinion and suggest that taking political control over judiciary was necessary due to corruption of the Polish judges. Such reasons were already presented by the Ministry of Justice in 2016. When we asked for access to the data on which this claim was based, it turned immediately out that there ...
We hereby declare that the body performing the function of the National Council of the Judiciary, which, contrary to the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, was elected entirely by politicians, has no legitimacy of the judicial environment. It was clearly confirmed by several dozen assemblies of judges, as well as the results of a nationwide poll and referendum carried out in this case. About 90% of judges believe that this body does not exercise its constitutional function...
