President signs amendment to Constitutional Tribunal bill

President Andrzej Duda has signed an amendment to the Constitutional Tribunal bill after it was passed by the Senat and Sejm. As many as 60 Senators voted in favor, whereas 23 were against the new law, two abstained at today's vote. Yesterday evening (October 19), 268 MPs of the 460-seat house voted in favour of the amendment – all from the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party. The parties of Nowoczesna, Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party (PSL) left the house in protest. Three judges on the Tribunal saw their terms expire in recent weeks, with two more expecting their terms to expire in early December. As a result of the new law, all the judges will be re-elected.