Duda: If Poland is to be truly democratic, free, and sovereign, then - for God's sake - judges from the martial law era must retire from the Supreme Court.

12/06/2019

21:06

Duda:

If Poland is to be truly democratic, free, and sovereign, then - for God's sake - judges from the martial law era must retire from the Supreme Court.

“This is a very complicated matter, and it is difficult to answer this question because many people in Western Europe and the United States do not fully understand this problem, as they did not grow up or were not raised in a country like mine. I was born in 1972 in Poland, which was in the Soviet sphere of influence, where one could only make a career if they joined the communist party and obediently listened to the people's authorities, which were the sole oracle. This is how it happened for many years, although social protest emerged, Solidarity grew” – said President Andrzej Duda at the White House. “Not long ago, I discovered with astonishment that in the Polish Supreme Court there is an entire group of judges who served as judges belonging to the communist party, who even adjudicated during martial law, sentencing people to prison based on the communist martial law legislation. When I was asked if the Supreme Court needed reform, I answered 'yes.' If Poland is to be truly democratic, free, and sovereign, and is to be the country we want it to be for our children, for the generation born after 1989, then – for God's sake – these people must retire. And that is what we did. In fact, everything we did was aimed at sending these individuals into retirement. But, as it turns out, despite the passage of 30 years, their influence, built after 1989, when they rebranded themselves as the elite of the new state, is still considerable” – he added.

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