Venice Commission will postpone its opinion on Poland's top court

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjoern Jagland has asked the Venice Commission to postpone the issue of preliminary opinion on the new on law concerning Poland's Constitutional Tribunal until the work on the bill is complete, Council of Europe spokesman Panos Kakaviatos told the PAP news agency. Last week, Jagland requested the CoE's body to vet the law before it entered  the upper chamber of parliament. Since a number of amendments were proposed during last week debate in the Senate, the watchdog hopes they "will constitute a positive response to concerns expressed by the Council of Europe." Jagland, Kakaviatos added, "we will ask the Venice Commission to issue an opinion on the bill once the legislative process is completed."