Our goal is to bring the judiciary into the 21st century, so that the courts regain the trust of Poles – said in “Fakty po Faktach” Krystian Markiewicz, president of the Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia”, who took part in a meeting with the Prime Minister on the subject of repairing the Polish justice system. Attorney Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram from the “Free Courts” Initiative, who was present during the talks, emphasized that the social side had submitted comments on the presented solutions. – We have already agreed in working groups on further work on these legislative assumptions – she said.
The President of the Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia” PhD Krystian Markiewicz and attorney Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram from the “Free Courts” Initiative spoke on “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24 about the Friday meeting of the legal community with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice, in which they also participated. The meeting concerned the process of restoring the rule of law in Poland.
Noting that some time has passed since the change of government after the elections, and in the context of the functioning of the new National Council of the Judiciary not much has changed, Markiewicz admitted, “too many months have passed, but let's look forward.”
Markiewicz: The goal is for the courts to regain trust. If they regain it, the Polish state will regain it
– I hope that there is some change in the perception of this situation at present – he assessed. He said that this “illegal body cannot function”. – We all cannot, as taxpayers, pay for the functioning of an illegal body. In my opinion, no law is needed for this and the functioning of this body should be stopped – he said.
He noted that after the meeting with the Prime Minister, there was talk of “this one act, which mainly concerns neo-judges, concerns the liquidation of these two neo-Chambers in the Supreme Court (…), but the Codification Commission of the System of Prosecutor's Courts – I have the honour of heading it – is working on comprehensive regulations concerning the Supreme Court, common courts and the National Council of the Judiciary”.
– Because our goal is to bring the judiciary into the 21st century, so that the courts regain the trust of Poles. Because if they regain the courts, they will regain the Polish state – he explained.
Krystian Markiewicz on meeting with the Prime Minister on repairing the justice systemTVN24
“There were a lot of questions, there were also doubts”
When asked if she felt that the legal community was playing with the government in terms of restoring the rule of law, Gregorczyk-Abram said: – We feel that we have been heard.
– We feel that these problems were multi-layered and multi-faceted. They did not only concern the National Council of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court, but concerned how to improve the justice system and make it easier for citizens to navigate in this system, so that it is modern, friendly, so that these shortcomings that have existed in the justice system for years are corrected – she continued.
Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram on the meeting with the Prime Minister on the subject of repairing the justice systemTVN24
She explained that the meeting did not involve the social side only listening to the Minister of Justice’s proposal for a bill.
– There were a lot of questions asked about these assumptions. This conversation lasted six hours. There were a lot of questions, there were also doubts that were reported and written down. We have already agreed in working groups to continue working on these legislative assumptions – said the attorney.
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