Sejm annulled choice of 5 constitutional tribunal judges

Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the Sejm, the lower chamber of the parliament, with the votes by PiS and Kukiz'15 canceled the choice of five Constitutional Tribunal judges, who were chosen by the previous parliament in June. PiS MP rapporteur Stanisław Piotrowicz said that the nomination of the five judges broke the Constitution, as two of them were nominated prematurely to replace judges, whose term ends in December. After a heated debate, in which the opposition accused the ruling party of breaking the law, destroying the Tribunal and even dictatorial aspirations, the Sejm approved the resolution. However, according to many constitutionalists the act is invalid since the parliament is not capable of repealing a already adopted bill with a resolution.