The Senate will resume its session at 9:30 AM, but as Senate Marshal Tomasz Grodzki declared yesterday, the future of the so-called judges' disciplinary act will not be decided today. The Senate leadership intends to hold the vote on these provisions only on Monday. 

At noon, representatives of the Senate majority will present the assumptions for the amendment of judicial laws, including a new act on the National Council of the Judiciary.

President Andrzej Duda will visit Zwoleń, where he will meet with residents at 4:00 PM.

- The President is in excellent condition, excellent shape, very active. Yesterday, national meetings, lasting until the evening hours, in Opole Lubelskie, today also an open meeting with residents. The President is working very intensively - stated Paweł Mucha in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet, when asked about media reports that President Duda would like to lose some weight.

- Here, we are still in the realm where all these actions will take place are in the hands of the Marshal of the Sejm. The Marshal will call [presidential] elections. A date for the first round of elections in May will be set, and we will have official statements and declarations from the president. I am convinced that the president is fully capable of fulfilling his duties. In good condition - stated Paweł Mucha in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

President Andrzej Duda definitely has a broader electorate than just the electorate of the United Right, because we know that the president's voters are among the voters of SLD, Civic Platform, PSL, and in huge numbers, Kukiz'15 – stated Paweł Mucha in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet. I think a large part of the right-wing electorate are also voters who will be making specific choices based on the chances a particular candidate has, and today, the fragmentation or the very large number of candidates also favors supporting the one who is strong in this field – continued the presidential minister.

- There is no 'gag law'. I do not agree with this formulation, which is offensive to judges and also a form of manipulation regarding the content of this law - stated Paweł Mucha in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

- The Venice Commission did not have a formal title to conduct activities in Poland because it was not invited by an authorized entity on the basis of the statute. When it conducted its activities, a position from the Commissioner of the Council of Europe preempting the commission's position had already appeared. This means that activities were underway in Poland, and we already knew what the conclusion of these activities would be - the presidential minister continued.

„We perceive the European Parliament's actions as political and partisan, and a clash of 'Old Union' and 'New Union' thinking, though this divide has long since disappeared. Such an action is harmful, and the sadness is even greater because MEPs from Poland are also participating in it” – said government spokesperson Piotr Müller on Jedynka radio.

„I am concerned that with such joy, some MEPs are trying to create a mechanism that will be a political blow to Poland. We know perfectly well that the assessment of the rule of law is very subjective. Some opinions indicate that Western countries are allowed more” - said government spokesperson Piotr Müller on Radio One.

„The Convention of Seniors has decided that now we will begin the so-called 'Australian' procedure, followed by the continuation of deliberations on the judicial laws. The vote will take place immediately after this act, bearing in mind that there will likely be a committee meeting because Senator Zając has submitted several amendments” - said Marshal Tomasz Grodzki in the Senate.

„That [vote on Monday] was speculation. We weighed various scenarios. The Convention made a clear decision that senators want to conclude the debates today by 10 PM. I hope we succeed” - he added.

- In reality, we are dealing with, and we perceive it as, an attempt to attack our independence, our rights, and to dictate what our legislative process looks like. I am just saying that all these actions fit into such a picture - stated Łukasz Schreiber in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.

- The fact that international institutions, no matter which ones, are being used to fight the government, to fight Poland, is no longer something that can be assessed as a natural, normal practice of actions in a democratic rule of law state - said the minister in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.

Stanisław Karczewski, a senator from the Law and Justice party (PiS), stated that he asked Marshal of the Sejm, Tomasz Grodzki, to reveal the identity of the person who allegedly offered him the position of Health Minister in a PiS government. Grodzki reportedly responded that he would only disclose this information on his deathbed.

Karczewski shared this information via a post on X (formerly Twitter), linking to a tweet from his account, @StKarczewski, dated January 18, 2020, with the ID 1218104056822091777. The tweet likely elaborates on this exchange and the context surrounding Grodzki's alleged offer.

- We want laws concerning the judiciary to be a foundation upon which stable and wise judgments are issued in a reasonable time. Therefore, Porozumienie is working and will continue to work on issues related to judicial reform. That is why we are submitting amendments that take into account not only the principles of the Constitution but also ratified international agreements, both in disciplinary proceedings and in proceedings related to the adjudicatory activity of courts. In proceedings concerning the obligation of judges to indicate their membership in associations, we see a drive for transparency. Our amendments take into account human rights, guaranteed by the Constitution and ratified human rights conventions. They strengthen the guarantees of judicial independence by expanding the adjudicating body to include two Supreme Court judges and a lay assessor for the lifting of a judge's immunity in the first instance, and three judges and two lay assessors in the second instance. Therefore, I ask for the adoption of these amendments to the bill. I have submitted amendments that are grouped into five sets, and there are 15 amendments in total. I believe they will contribute to a certain softening of the impact of some provisions. They are also favorable to the group of judges – stated Senator Józef Zając during the consideration of the so-called judges' discipline act.

“We never definitively said that we absolutely want to accept the motion to adopt the bill without amendments. In fact, we were keen on amending this bill if that was the will of the majority. For now, we have a situation where a motion to reject the bill was submitted in committee. We then had to respond with a motion to adopt the bill without amendments. There was no other way. Unfortunately, we are only learning about Senator Zając's amendments; they were submitted to the record. This is a procedure whereby the Senate has not yet debated them,” said Marek Pęk from PiS at a press conference.

“[When] the amendments are put on the table, we will be able to competently address them. We will see what the government's stance is,” he added.

This campaign will decide Poland's future for many years to come. As this campaign gains momentum every day, I consider it sensible and necessary for the internal elections within Civic Platform to conclude in the first round. I believe it is extremely important for all of us to stand together beside Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska and embark on this campaign, which is most crucial for Poland and for all of us. Therefore, as of today, I have decided to suspend my internal campaign and support Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in the election campaign. Today I stand beside Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, I place myself fully at her disposal for the coming months, and we are launching the campaign together with the Marshal – stated Bartosz Arłukowicz at a briefing in the Sejm.

- This campaign is truly important and must be conducted in a completely different way than all campaigns in recent years. It needs a different energy, a different way of dialoguing with people, and Bartek Arłukowicz is the best person to unleash Poles' energy, to talk with them, to travel around Poland with me. I am working in this campaign headquarters, I will be working with the best people who know how to run a campaign, win a campaign, and know how to do it so that nothing else is talked about but how the campaign is unfolding. We are starting the process of presenting the people who will form this headquarters. We are waiting, building anticipation, but today I have a very important person on board, because no one can run a social campaign like Bartek Arłukowicz, no one can reach people in the smallest towns, no one can conduct a dialogue with them – stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska at a briefing in the Sejm.

“The Senate, fulfilling its role in creating and co-creating law, has been working to streamline the legal system since the very beginning of its term. The Senate majority has been working on this for two months. This bill is the result of an agreement among all parties and all political options that hold a majority in the Senate, with significant input from MPs and senators. The bill was drafted based on assumptions prepared by legal circles, as well as the PSL. Distinguished lawyers worked on these assumptions” – said Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka, at a press conference.

“We are currently cleaning up in the Senate hall after PiS, we are dealing with the gag law. However, this cleanup must be combined with some positive proposals. Such a proposal to manage the chaos and anarchy that have arisen in Poland is the bill we are presenting today. PiS politicians often speak of anarchy that was allegedly introduced recently due to a ruling by the CJEU. Nothing could be further from the truth. Legal anarchy exists in Poland and is visible to the naked eye, and those responsible for this anarchy are those who do not execute judgments, such as the Marshal of the Sejm, who fails to execute a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court” – said Senator Bogdan Klich of Civic Coalition.

“After submitting the bill to reform the judiciary, we have two realities. One reality is created by irresponsible PiS politicians, i.e., a repressive law that is contrary to the CJEU's rulings and marginalizes Poland's presence in the EU. The second reality is the one created with the help and support of social organizations and the best experts, by a team under the patronage of Marshal Tomasz Grodzki, i.e., the bill to reform the judiciary, which aligns with the directions indicated in the CJEU's rulings” – added Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz of Civic Coalition.

- I support Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, and with Kidawa-Błońska we are launching the election campaign. As for internal matters within Civic Platform, I will speak elsewhere and at another time - stated Bartosz Arłukowicz at a briefing in the Sejm.

- We haven't started our election campaign yet, but we need to prepare for the day when Marshal Witek announces these elections. I expect her to do so on February 6th, and for the elections to be held on May 10th, so on February 6th we must be ready to be everywhere in Poland, prepared and know how this campaign should look very good - stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska at a briefing in the Sejm.

“An assault on the freedom of the courts, an assault on the freedom of the judges of the Republic, has been commented upon in a peculiar way by the Minister of Justice from this podium. He said recently, 2 days ago, that the state delegated judges to the National Council of the Judiciary, and at the same time, one of the arguments for this law is that judges who protest against this reform are engaging in politics. What else, then, if not a denunciation of the intentions of the judges – who have denied their independence by agreeing to a political mission from the government, accepting from the government, as the Minister of Justice told us here, a mission in the National Council of the Judiciary. What else, if not a questioning of a judge’s freedom, their apolitical nature, is accepting a concrete political mission from the government in the National Council of the Judiciary, which the Minister of Justice essentially admitted here? Unless you use the argument: this is not about a political mission, it’s about reforming the court system. But then the argument that opposing this reform is engaging in politics ceases to be valid. It is not the case that those who want to introduce some reform – you call it a reform, and we call it something entirely different – are not engaging in politics, while those who protest against it are. This is the logic of tyranny, not the logic of a republic. I will vote for a republic, against tyranny, in this very important vote” – said Deputy Marshal Michał Kamiński during a debate in the Senate.

- There's nothing like meeting a racing champion when we're considering the best solutions for road safety... As I said a few days ago, improving road traffic safety is one of my priorities for this term and is at the center of the government's attention. However, new regulations alone are not enough - we must collectively start practicing safe driving. And who knows more about it than Robert Kubica? A quick coffee with the champion and I immediately felt he was the right ambassador for upcoming changes - wrote Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Facebook.

51 senators voted "for" the rejection of the so-called disciplinary law for judges, while 48 voted against. Now the bill will return to the Sejm, which will most likely reject the Senate's veto. The next session is scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday.

Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to this. They are trying to take away our right to have a fair, good justice system, to repair it, in every possible way. Let us not allow others to decide for us. We, Poles, have the right to decide for ourselves and our rights. That is what we fought for democracy. And I will say this very strongly: I am the President of the Republic of Poland, and I will say this. They will not dictate to us in foreign languages what system we should have in Poland and how Polish affairs should be conducted. Ladies and gentlemen, yes, yes. Here is the European Union. Yes, of course. And we are very happy about that. But above all, here is Poland – stated President Andrzej Duda in Zwoleń.

- We all know that the justice system has had problems for years, that it has a terrible public opinion, and that the functioning of courts in Poland is assessed poorly. We have made attempts in this regard to remedy this problem, attempts at systemic changes that would serve to ensure that the justice system is perceived by Polish society as just, responsive to the needs of the times, and, above all, as an important element creating Poland as a strong, efficiently functioning, honest, and just state. This is precisely the image of the justice system we want to restore. There is a group of people in Poland who consider themselves untouchable, because they fear the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court the most, thus they evidently consider themselves untouchable; a group that does not want to agree to changes in the Polish justice system. This is undoubtedly a prominent group that has gained many privileges over the past decades. Some of these are privileges that these people inherited from the old times when they belonged to a party that, fortunately, no longer exists, and which oppressed Poles for decades. I hope that despite the hurricane-like attacks that these people are launching against the current authorities, both within Poland and from outside Poland, complaining wherever possible and arranging various foreign interventions in Poland, this repair of the justice system will be carried out in a calm and balanced manner, and that judges in Poland, all of them, will understand what it means to issue judgments in the name of the Republic of Poland, that it signifies service to Poland, but also service to Polish society – stated President Andrzej Duda in Zwolen.

- Just like the president, prime minister, marshals, like MPs, senators, like all other politicians, so too judges, as representatives of state authority, are servants of the Republic of Poland and servants of Polish society. Not the other way around. It is the judges who are for society, not society for the judges, and they bear responsibility for how the justice system is perceived by society. What is the social image of the justice system, and if someone looks at public assessments and sees that over 80% of Polish society assesses the functioning of the justice system very poorly, then the judges themselves should look at themselves and at the structure they create – PAD continued.

- Strangely enough, despite all this, these judicial elites, who call themselves a "kasta" (caste), which is outrageous, have not presented any constructive program over the past decades, and especially in recent years, that would truly lead to the reform of the judiciary. What's more, they haven't been able to draw any disciplinary conclusions in obvious situations. I have spoken about this many times. Today, unfortunately, anyone can listen to a compromising conversation of judges online, a conversation that is compromising, outrageous, with corrupt and moral threads. So much so that it's shameful to listen to, and anyone who hears it sees that these are people who should never have held judicial office. And yet, no consequences were drawn against them. No consequences. And this is how the good name of the Polish judiciary is being built? I'll say it briefly. Ladies and gentlemen, these judges, who sit in court with these judges, bear witness to themselves about what kind of judges they are, since they tolerate such behavior next to them, and there can be no other assessment. This is why society judges them and the Polish judiciary as it does, not otherwise. Let's call a spade a spade. This must be changed. That is precisely why the Disciplinary Chamber in the Supreme Court was established - stated President Andrzej Duda in Zwoleń.

And one more thing to conclude. Today, these circles usurp and spread the claim that a judge is a true judge when they have been elected by other judges, de facto. Well, I will say: there are no grounds for this whatsoever. Absolutely none. No pathological co-optation that destroys the body of the judiciary. The Constitution clearly states that judges are appointed by the president, and this is indeed a judicial appointment. And I will tell you more. No matter how much the judicial elites dislike it, the very fact that the Constitution names the president as the highest representative of the Republic of Poland, not only in a symbolic sense, means that by granting these judicial nominations to judges, the president in a way grants them state authority to issue judgments in the name of the Republic of Poland. And this is the essence of a judicial appointment, not that judges will choose their own colleagues. We do not want such a state. And I appeal to you to be particularly sensitive and aware of this, because there will be an attempt to show, as was said earlier, that the judicial community will cleanse itself, and it turned out that it cleansed itself so much that to this day there are judges who served the previous system and the previous people's government, which was elected by one party and within one party, which they belonged to for the most part, that even today they are trying to convince everyone that the only permissible system is one where only judges can appoint judges - stated President Andrzej Duda in Zwoleń. Well, there will never be a just state if judges appoint themselves and there is no accountability among them for breaking ethical principles, principles of professional responsibility. This is precisely the social group that should be particularly monitored. This is precisely the professional group that bears special responsibility to other people. It is a group that is particularly responsible. Why? Because these people hold others accountable for adhering to the law. These people hold others accountable for adhering to principles. These people often decide on the proverbial life and death, on fortunes, freedom, on punishment. They must be beyond reproach, and society observes this, and if any black sheep appear, they must be immediately eliminated. Black sheep must be immediately eliminated. This is the most important thing. Moreover, they should be eliminated by the judges themselves. That is precisely why the chamber of disciplinary responsibility in the Supreme Court exists. A chamber composed of judges. So that judges can show that within the judicial community itself, they remove those who do not know how to behave properly and do not meet the standards to perform this great social service. I very much ask for your support in this regard. We must retain the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court in our country. This disciplinary responsibility must finally be real, leading to the purification of the judiciary and leading to this judiciary being truly esteemed and respected by Polish society, and the state will ultimately be considered just, because the judiciary will be considered as delivering justice, not injustice and corruption - continued PAD.

- Mr. Speaker, can you say that the Red Army, after entering Polish territories, gave Poles freedom? Yes or no?

- No. It did not. Alright. It gave Poles freedom from the Germans, but it introduced a system that Americans and the British also agreed upon in Poland. That's the truth - said Włodzimierz Czarzasty in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.

MEPs, both male and female, should primarily ensure that Poles never have money taken from them for any reason. The fact that we have a bad Law and Justice government and Mr. Kaczyński is one thing, but Polish women and men are a completely different situation. Therefore, our MEPs received this directive: Ensure no law is passed that could potentially take money from Poland. Two MEPs, including a former Vice-President of the European Parliament with 10 years of experience, assessed that it is better to abstain from voting, while three assessed it differently - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program “Gość Wydarzeń” (Guest of Events) on Polsat News.

- Mr. Robert Biedroń will answer every question. He will answer the question regarding a secular state, he will answer this, this, this. And Mrs. Kidawa will say: we need to consult, talk, discuss. She will answer, for example, whether the retirement age should be at this level, or at another. Mrs. Kidawa will answer: let's consider - said Włodzimierz Czarzasty in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.

- We discussed the upcoming commemorations of the liberation of the German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. I can state very clearly that the American side negatively received the decision of the Jerusalem conference organizers to deny President Duda a voice. They fully understand President Duda's decision not to participate in those ceremonies. They believe it was a wrong decision by the organizers not to have that Polish voice there and will very clearly express their dissatisfaction with this turn of events and the shape of the Holocaust anniversary commemorations in Jerusalem - stated Krzysztof Szczerski during a conversation with journalists in Washington.

- However, there will also be a high-ranking American delegation at Auschwitz on January 27th. It will be led by the Secretary of the Treasury, which is a significant signal that the American side also attaches great importance to these commemorations that will take place at Auschwitz. I think we can also expect a good speech from Vice President Pence in Jerusalem during the ceremonies organized there - added the presidential minister.

- Indeed, here we have clear support for President Duda's decision regarding his absence from Jerusalem. Very clear dissatisfaction, or even outrage, at the fact that the Polish president was not given a voice there, and great attention is being paid to the main ceremonies of the liberation of the German Auschwitz camp, which will take place in Poland on January 27th - Szczerski continued.

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300POLITYKA LIVEBLOG: TUSK ON DRAGGING POLAND OUT OF THE EU AND DESTROYING THE COURTS SZCZERSKI IN WASHINGTON ON THE AMERICAN SIDE'S NEGATIVE RECEPTION OF THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS' DECISION TO EXCLUDE THE PRESIDENT FROM SPEAKING CZARZASTY ANNOUNCES BIEDROŃ WILL ANSWER EVERY QUESTION PAD ON NOT ALLOWING OTHERS TO DICTATE POLAND'S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND AFFAIRS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES SENATE REJECTS LAW DISCIPLINING JUDGES PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH KUBICA ARŁUKOWICZ SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN FOR CIVIC PLATFORM LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORTS KIDAWAY-BŁOŃSKA https://300polityka.pl/live/2020/01/17/ ***** PULS OF POLSAT -- SYMBOLIC VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION, SENATE REJECTS LAW DISCIPLINING JUDGES - preview. -- JUDGING BY ANDRZEJ DUDA'S WORDS TODAY, WHICH WERE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF JUDGES, THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE ON THE LAW IS MOST LIKELY A FOREGONE CONCLUSION - Bogdan Rymanowski. -- THE LAW WILL GO TO THE SEJM, WHERE THE RULING LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY (PiS) HAS A SUFFICIENT MAJORITY TO PASS IT AGAIN - Grzegorz Kępka. -- THE LAW IS BEING CRITICIZED BY, AMONG OTHERS, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, WHICH, REFERRING TO THE VENICE COMMISSION'S CRITICAL ASSESSMENT, EXPECTS THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS - Kępka continues. -- PiS QUESTIONS BOTH THIS OPINION AND THE UNION'S AUTHORITY TO INFLUENCE CHANGES IN THE POLISH JUDICIARY - Kępka. -- IT IS APPARENT THAT THE OPPOSITION HAS NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE SEJM, AND THAT IS WHY THEY APPEALING TO ANDRZEJ DUDA TODAY - Kępka continues. -- THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE THAT THE SHARP CRITICISM OF THE DISCIPLINARY LAW, INCLUDING FROM THE EU, HAS CONVINCED THE PRESIDENT - Kępka. -- ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN RUSSIA'S INFORMATION WAR WITH POLAND. -- ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED ARMY'S ENTRY INTO WARSAW, MOSCOW DECLASSIFIES DOCUMENTS THAT GLORIFY THE SOVIET ARMY AND ACCUSE POLES OF MURDERING JEWS. ***** TVN FACTS -- THE OPPOSITION HAS A MINIMAL BUT STABLE MAJORITY, WHICH ALLOWED FOR THE REJECTION OF THE LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR DISCRETIONARY PUNISHMENT OF JUDGES - in the preview by Grzegorz Kajdanowicz. -- PiS FELT WHAT IT MEANS NOT TO HAVE A MAJORITY - Krzysztof Skórzyński. -- THE OPPOSITION'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH WAS NOT RESTRAINED, UNLIKE IN THE SEJM - Skórzyński. -- CONSULTATIONS - AGAIN, DIFFERENTLY THAN IN THE SEJM - TOOK PLACE - Skórzyński. -- CLEANING UP AFTER PiS - B. 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