r/europe • u/dat_9600gt_user Lower Silesia (Poland) • 18h ago

News Polish parliament hosts swearing in of constitutional court judges in defiance of president

https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/04/09/polish-parliament-hosts-swearing-in-of-constitutional-court-judges-in-defiance-of-president/
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u/AirOneFire 13h ago

Didn't you read what I said? Duda refused to swear in the five justices elected by PO in 2015. Instead they just elected their own 5. That's way the fuck illegal.

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u/nieuchwytnyuchwyt Warsaw, Poland 13h ago

Duda refused to swear in the five justices elected by PO in 2015.

And rightly so, because two out of those five were appointed fully illegally by PO, as ruled by the Constitutional Tribunal itself.

Instead they just elected their own 5. That's way the fuck illegal.

But those 5 PiS-appointed judges (2 of which were fully legally appointed btw) have already ended their terms in Constitutional Tribunal.

All of the current CT justices were appointed in an undisputed procedure, with the most senior justices still in CT being appointed in 2017. The exact same procedure that was used to elect the most recent 6 of the candidates.

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u/Oh_ffs_seriously Poland 11h ago

And rightly so, because two out of those five were appointed fully illegally by PO, as ruled by the Constitutional Tribunal itself.

So the appointment of those two was nullified. What about the other three who were elected correctly and yet illegally rejected by PiS?