Kaczyński announces the newest Constitutional Court's judgement won't be announced
16:05
Kaczyński announced the Constitutional Tribunal's (TK) judgement concerning the latest law will not be published because of the actions of the Tribunal that " essentially do not respect the law."
The new law, drafted by ruling PiS, stipulates that the top court will adjudicate cases in the order they were filed. Apart from that, four judges will be able to veto the verdict, thus postponing the court's sitting for three months. Should four other judges veto the following verdict, the court session will be postponed for another three months.The new law also obliges the head of the court to include three judges chosen by PiS and sworn in by President Andrzej Duda to the court's composition. It also states that all Constitutional Tribunal verdicts ruled after March 10 will be published.
The new law will also cut the salary of the TK's judges by one fifth, which are now around PLN 25,000 to 20,000 monthly, take away compensation for retired judges and reduce by half the number of people working on the TK's office.