Constitutional Tribunal head under investigation

The investigation will look into over potential breaches of duty and/or abuse of power, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

The probe is focusing on Rzepliński’s decision to exclude three judges voted in by the current parliament from the Tribunal’s sittings.

Rzepliński told PAP that the investigation is “a feeble attempt to interfere in the independence and autonomy of the judiciary”.

In a ruling issued in December last year, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal said that the election of two new judges by the previous Civic Platform (PO) government was unconstitutional.

But the appointment of three further judges, who replaced others whose term ended in November, was in line with the constitution, the ruling decreed. (ał/rg)