US EditionPoland’s New Justice Minister to Dismiss Dozens Court Heads in Move to "Clean up" Judiciary
POLAND, JUL 31 – Justice Minister Waldemar Ćurek dismissed 46 court leaders and challenged over 40 electoral commissioners' credibility as part of judiciary reforms mandated by Prime Minister Tusk.
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Poland’s new justice minister to dismiss dozens court heads in move to "clean up" judiciary
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. In one of his first decisions, newly appointed justice minister Waldemar Żurek has moved to dismiss 46 presidents and vice-presidents of courts and nine officia…
In Warsaw, at the first press conference since it took place one week ago, Zurek stressed that he would "all that is possible" to reverse the caottic situation that prevailed in the Polish justice system years ago, which transformed the judicial processes "no fiction" and was a consequence of the reforms undertaken by the previous ultra-conservative government since 2015. The Minister announced numerous resignations that would immediately enter …
"Investigations related to election fraud are still ongoing, and I will be analyzing them next week," said Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek on Thursday, during his first appearance since taking over the ministry. He also assured that he would investigate every report of possible vote miscounting and that he wanted the prosecutor's office and the National Electoral Commission to cooperate on this matter.
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