Judicial Disciplinary Court becoming more efficient after public criticism

After a wave of criticism by former Justice Minister Hanna Suchocka and other politicians about the slow work of the Disciplinary Court the situation has slowly begun to improve. The Court is responsible for investigating cases of corruption or incompetence of judges. Disciplinary Court data shows by the second half of August 37 motions against judges were sent. Additionally, the Disciplinary Court began to examine cases more quickly. In the first half of 2000 it managed to close 31 cases as opposed to 23 cases successfully examined last year. "It is mostly caused by the fact that we have changed our headquarters for a bigger one," said judge Elzbieta Sadzik. Now we have new rooms and in this way we can run two sessions a week." (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 5)