Zbigniew Ziobro: Our contacts with PiS are not too bad, with the Prime Minister – not easy
Mateusz Morawiecki and Zbigniew Ziobro, photo. PAP/Marcin Obara
Our contacts with the law and the judiciary, I think, are not too bad, and when it comes to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s immediate environment and contacts with the Prime Minister – they are not easy, I admit, said Minister of Justice, president of Solidarna Polska Zbigniew Ziobro.
The Minister of Justice, Attorney General and President of Solidarna Polska Zbigniew Ziobro on Saturday in RMF FM was asked, among others, about relations between SP politicians and PiS and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
“Our contacts with the Law and thinking that they are not too bad. Although it’s about the Prime Minister’s direct environment and contacts with the Prime Minister – they are not easy, I will admit my appreciation” – the answer.
Ziobro stated that this is due to a fundamental dispute in the context of Poland’s relations with the European Union and the way of conducting policy with the EU. When asked if it’s all about that, he replies: “Yes, that’s what it’s about, it’s a large being.”
“Let me remind you that we have not known since yesterday, only one was mentioned on the basis of whether to give in to the EU and whether it is normal for the Polish result. The prime minister chose the path of concessions, we decided that it would have fatal consequences,” he said.
The leader of the SP that two years have passed since Prime Minister Morawiecki promised that Poland would receive the negotiated money from the Reconstruction Fund.
“The Prime Minister said that there will be money and there will be no blackmail, and what is it? There is no money – there is blackmail” – cf.
In early June, the EC approved the Polish KPO, which was spent as part of the EU’s payment of EUR 23.9 billion in subsidies and EUR 11.5 billion under the Reconstruction Fund, but the money was not paid. The EC adds that the Polish KPO “contains milestones related to important judiciary aspects that have an impact on improving the investment environment and creating the conditions for effective implementation” and that “Poland must demonstrate that these milestones have been achieved before implementing the effect in the framework of the Recovery Fund”.
The EC expected the liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, which happened in mid-July, when the supervision was in force and the new law on the Supreme Court. Doubts as to whether the new regulations meet the so-called milestones in this matter are expressed recently when the stones of the Commission.
At the end of July, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen informed “DGP” that in order to receive funds from the KPO, Poland must fulfill the commitments made to reform the system of disciplinary measures in the judiciary. that the act liquidating the Disciplinary Chamber is fundamental to the court, however, “the amendment to the recognition of the act on the Supreme Court does not guarantee judges the possibility of questioning another court judge without being held to disciplinary responsibility”. Von der Leyen stressed that Poland also needs to fully engage with the CJEU’s provisions, which is not yet applicable, and in the case “suspended judges have not been reinstated and continue to impose a daily financial penalty”.
The CJEU in the summer of 2021 obliged Poland to immediately suspend the application of the provisions authorizing the powers to the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court in matters of, among others, waiving judicial immunities. Due to the failure to comply with this provision, at the end of October last year, the CJEU obliged Poland to assess a fine of EUR 1 million per day for the European Commission. (MUSH)
Author: Adrian Kowarzyk
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