Unpublished March 9 TK ruling should be investigated - District Court
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The Warsaw district court ordered the prosecutor's office to launch an investigation into the non-publication of the March 9 ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal (TK). The ruling concerned the December amendment to the TK law. The court overturned the decision of the prosecutor not to launch that investigation.
A complaint against the refusal to initiate an investigation was filed in June by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). “I am very pleased that the court acknowledged that the Foundation had a point. People feel good that the court will ensure observance of the rule of law in Poland. The investigation should be launched,” said Piotr Kładoczny of HFHR after leaving the court.
In April the District Prosecutor's Office for Warsaw-Praga refused to launch an investigation into the publication of the March 9 TK ruling.
According to HFHR, the refusal to publish the judgment has caused constitutional, political, and economic damage, and has harmed the image of Poland.
