Ministry's new law would open Prosecutor post to lawyers

The Prosecutors' labor union voiced their concerns over the Minister of Justice Cezary Grabarczyk's new legislation that would open the post of the General Prosecutor to a wider group of candidates. This would include solicitors and lawyers. Union president Jacek Skała said, "This is a total misunderstanding. [Prosecutors and lawyers] have totally different interests." IAR reported on the story. The current Public Prosecutor General Andrzej Seremet will end his six-year term in 2016. Skała would like to maintain prosecutors' independence and rejects new rules that would force prosecutors to have greater supervision over criminal proceedings.