President Andrzej Duda is participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos for another day. At 7:00 AM, at the Polish House organized by Pekao and PZU, he will take part in a debate titled "Growing Europe: The Economic Vitality of Central and Eastern Europe" with the presidents of Croatia, Latvia, and Estonia. At 9:30 AM, he will meet with the President of Azerbaijan, and at 12:00 PM with the Secretary General of the OSCE. A statement to the media is planned for 1:00 PM.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will also arrive in Davos today, directly from Japan. He will meet with journalists at 10:15 AM, followed by a series of meetings with representatives of major corporations. Another statement to the media is scheduled for 5:15 PM.

The two-day Sejm session will commence at 10:00 AM, with MPs initially addressing the draft bill on government administration departments. A briefing by Marshal Elżbieta Witek is planned for 9:45 AM. At 9:00 AM, the Justice Committee will provide an opinion on the Senate's resolution to reject the disciplinary act.

Senate Marshal Tomasz Grodzki will meet today with the President of the German Bundesrat at 10:00 AM and with the Ambassador of Peru at 1:00 PM.

- The Chancellery [of the Sejm] is in a difficult situation. Primarily because it must exercise due diligence when it comes to regulations. I understand that these signatures are stirring emotions, but they have the right to stir emotions also for those who have legally submitted their signature and have the right to have their decision in this regard respected, not to be stigmatized by their environment afterwards – stated Zbigniew Girzyński in a conversation with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- This type of ruling, even if it has been made, is an expectation from the judge, and it does not necessarily compel the chancellery to take such actions. If we have the separation of powers, it works both ways. It's not just that politicians or the executive branch, in this case the legislative branch as the Sejm, should not influence court rulings, but also in the other direction, courts have the scope of their duties and should not encroach upon areas where we have legislative powers. And since the law provides for this in one way and not another, it should be honored by the courts – the PiS politician continued.

- If it were up to me, I would disclose them [the support lists for the KRS]. But please note the following. You have perfectly captured what I wanted to say. We wouldn't have problems if the opposition, in this regard, with this or any other bill, genuinely tried to work substantively and improve various things that might raise doubts. I am not shifting [the blame to the opposition]. Of course not. I am only pointing out one thing. I would disclose them, I have no problem with that. Besides, it seems the KRS spokesperson [presented] a similar opinion - stated Zbigniew Girzyński in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- I think the President has a very difficult task stemming from the fact that there is an election campaign. If he were to ask for my opinion, I would suggest softening his language. His language was not mild [in Silesia], and if the President wants to effectively fight for re-election, which I strongly support, and I will vote for him and encourage others to vote for him, because in our current political landscape he is certainly the best candidate, then I would suggest he adopt slightly different tones. Because I understand we have competition on the right in the form of Konfederacja and Mr. Bosak, but let's leave them alone - stated Zbigniew Girzyński in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

This is a mistake, I consider it a mistake by Minister Ziobro in this regard. An attempt, because perhaps he is undertaking such an attempt, that there were indeed bad judges, those from Civic Platform, and now I will appoint good ones, those from PiS. This is flawed thinking. Yes, that's correct. I disagree with this for two reasons. Firstly, it is harmful to the state, and this is the most important reason, while the second is: even if Minister Ziobro's reasoning were accepted, he is unable to carry it out, because he will not find such a number of judges ready for this type of action – stated Zbigniew Girzyński in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

Until full victory. That is, until the justice system is changed to serve people. The dispute will probably not end, because this [judges' disciplinary] act is one element of our plan to repair the justice system, so there will be more to come. This is not the end. As we said in 2015, promising before the parliamentary elections, one of our points was the reform of the justice system, and in 2019 we promised the continuation of this reform, so this act, which will be at the Sejm session tomorrow, will be a matter of either rejecting or not rejecting the Senate's resolution, but I think the Senate's resolution will be overturned and the act will go to the president's desk. - stated Krzysztof Sobolewski in an interview with Marek Pyza on TVP1's "Political Quarter Hour", when asked how long the battle for changes in the courts will last.

"We know too little about this whole matter to judge the reasons for President [Nawacki]'s determination. In broader terms, I can say that the justice system requires reform. This is indisputable. The situation we have reached, and we have hit a wall, also requires dialogue. I myself am open to such dialogue," said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

"Sooner or later, access to these lists will be granted. Then we will know more. I have no insider knowledge. I see no reason for them not to be public. The matter is causing a dispute among lawyers. It has been referred to the Constitutional Tribunal for a ruling. There were reservations regarding GDPR" - said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

Who is talking about Polexit? The Civic Platform is talking about Polexit. They keep repeating it. I don't know, maybe there's some plan behind it, that they want to take Poland out of the EU, because we don't have such a plan and our actions have nothing to do with Poland leaving the EU. We are a full member of the EU, and for some time now, an equal partner to others, and perhaps this bothers some people – stated Krzysztof Sobolewski in an interview with Marek Pyza on TVP1's "Political Quarter Hour".

We are prepared for the presidential campaign. Immediately after the parliamentary campaign concludes, we will shift our focus and mechanisms to the presidential campaign and, as they say, we'll keep going. We are awaiting the president's official statement, in which I hope he will announce his intention to seek re-election, and then it will be all hands on deck. We are, of course, speaking about President Duda – stated Krzysztof Sobolewski in an interview with Marek Pyza on TVP1's "Political Quarter Hour".

'What Russian representatives are saying, what Putin is saying, is a re-writing of history, and it is very dangerous. Historical policy is used by Russia to build internal cohesion in that country. This is very dangerous for us, which is why a firm, united voice is so important. The Sejm managed, at my request, to adopt a resolution condemning what President Putin said. The Sejm adopted it, unanimously, with the exception of one vote' – said Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm and Civic Coalition (KO) presidential candidate, in an interview with Polsat News.

"The fact that for many years we have been on the sidelines of the main table of foreign policy allows Russia to build its narrative with greater boldness. We must give this a strong rebuff. Yes [I would go to Yad Vashem]. Even if I didn't have an official voice, one can always talk, to people, to journalists. By being there, one can bear witness: yes, we have nothing to hide, we are proud of what we have done. Of course, there were situations that we would all like to forget, but as a country, we are proud of what we have done," stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm and Civic Coalition's presidential candidate, in an interview with Polsat News.

- So you can react. You have to be at the table. If you're not at the table, you don't have a say, you're in the hallway. If you're at the table, you can always speak up, even if they don't turn on your microphone - stated Robert Kropiwnicki in an interview with Michał Rachoń on the TVP Info program "Jedziemy", when asked if the President of Poland should go to Jerusalem and sit without a right to vote, even though there are official celebrations in Poland three days later.

When asked if the president would violate the event's schedule, the PO politician replied: - If there were things that slandered Poland, Andrzej Duda would speak up as a serious president, either at a conference or on the sidelines, and talk about Poland's national interest, but instead, he won't be there at all. And no one will be. And that's the worst part. This goes beyond foreign policy.

- The situation is absolutely black and white. If there were amendments [to the judges disciplinary act], if there had been an attempt to improve this project in some way, to introduce new solutions into it, then it would indeed be possible to discuss, to consider whether to accept some of the Senate's amendments and reject others. Here, however, we have a situation where the Senate states that we do not like this act, we have criticized it wholesale, and we believe it should not enter the legal circulation at all. We hold a completely different position. We do not see the act in any way violating, even, the Polish Constitution, and for that reason, of course, the United Right will vote to reject the Senate's motion, meaning to uphold the act. Obviously in its unchanged form, because there were no amendments to it - stated Marek Ast in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.

- I am convinced that if the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling ultimately dictates that the [support] lists for the KRS are subject to disclosure, then they will be disclosed, and everyone will then see that there were no grounds for concern here – stated Marek Ast in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.

I wanted to share information regarding the Supreme Court's planned session for Thursday and what First President Gersdorf intends to do. In a sense of responsibility for the fate of the state and the laws we enact in the Sejm, I have signed and submitted a motion to the Constitutional Tribunal to resolve a dispute over competencies between the Sejm and the Supreme Court, naturally considering the President's competencies, because decisions on the structure of courts are regulated by laws, and laws are adopted by the Sejm. However, what the First President of the Supreme Court plans for Thursday is an undermining of our exclusive right to legislate, and thus also an undermining of the President's authority to appoint judges – stated Elżbieta Witek at a press conference in the Sejm.

- Exactly. It cannot be the case that the Supreme Court usurps the right to decide what falls within the competencies of the Sejm and also the President. Hence this motion, because the matter is important, urgent, and truly, if it were not resolved, it can only be resolved by the Constitutional Tribunal, because we all know perfectly well that it is not the Supreme Court, but the Constitutional Tribunal that decides on the compatibility of laws with the Constitution - stated Elżbieta Witek at a press conference in the Sejm.

- I believe, and I am not alone in believing, that Polish law takes precedence over European law. I recall a Spanish court that stated precisely the same. I don't understand why no one is interested in what happened in Spain, but they are interested in what happened in Poland. The motion is submitted out of a sense of responsibility for the state. This is not a whim, a caprice, it is a very serious matter, and I recognized that as Marshal, I have a duty to ask the Constitutional Tribunal how it truly stands: whether the Sejm has the right to pass laws, to adopt laws concerning the organization of courts, as the CT states, or not. I do not agree that EU law has supremacy over the Polish Constitution and Polish law - stated Elżbieta Witek at a press conference in the Sejm.

"I will stand for a debate with Andrzej Duda in the second round. There are different kinds of debates. A debate makes sense when it's a one-on-one discussion. [Multi-person debates] lack that intensity. It's more like a quiz. Everyone answers the same question. There's no interaction between candidates. A one-on-one debate is interesting because those reactions are present. It's much more engaging," said the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm and KO's presidential candidate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News.

- If the Constitutional Tribunal takes on this case [resolving competence between the Sejm and the Supreme Court], then Thursday's Supreme Court session and the issuance of a decision will be suspended - stated Elżbieta Witek at a press conference in the Sejm.

"I know I won't win these elections. I surmise I could achieve a quite good electoral result, but today there are special circumstances, not only because there are PO elections, but also presidential elections. Today is not the time to prove to myself and to my own ambition what result I could achieve, but rather it is time to quickly conclude these elections. I feel I have done a lot of very good work, this ideological ferment that we needed" - said Joanna Mucha from Civic Coalition at a press conference in the Sejm.

"I wanted to ask everyone who wanted to cast their vote for me to vote for Borys Budka. We are in the young PO group. We did not hide that my candidacy was not in opposition. We said that we want a team to lead Platform, that we would divide tasks within this team. There is so much work that each of us will have something to do" - she added.

- I don't know [if the Constitutional Tribunal will address the motion today], but it was my duty. I hope the CT will see the gravity of the situation. We will see what happens. The expectation is that we will all finally know whether the Sejm has the right to pass laws, which, according to the Constitution, stipulate that the organization of court work is determined by laws, or whether the President of the Supreme Court, the First President of the Supreme Court, has the right to substitute for the CT and rule that members of parliament are passing laws inconsistent with the Constitution. This is a truly serious dispute. Currently, the Supreme Court is elevating itself to the status of an extraordinary body that decides whether the Sejm can pass laws or the president can appoint judges. This cannot be, because it is complete chaos. Therefore, the only institution that can determine this is precisely the CT, and that is why I am referring this matter to the CT - stated Elżbieta Witek at a press conference in the Sejm.

„Judges are for enforcing the law, not making it. Poland is a sovereign country. EU institutions do not have the competence to interfere in Poland's legal system. Society expects radical judicial reforms, and it's high time to implement them. Therefore, we believe that further discussions on this topic are meaningless and unnecessary. We will proceed with the reform, which is currently being debated in the Sejm and will be voted on tomorrow, according to plan” - said Deputy Marshal Ryszard Terlecki in the Sejm.

- If this motion [from the Marshal of the Sejm regarding the jurisdictional dispute] is transferred by the Constitutional Tribunal to the Supreme Court, then I believe it should suspend proceedings in the Supreme Court. That's the first point. Generally speaking, I will say this: in my opinion, the Supreme Court should not deal with this matter at all, because there have been numerous rulings from both the Constitutional Tribunal and, for example, the Supreme Administrative Court, which have unequivocally assessed that the appointment of judges is a presidential prerogative, therefore an exclusive presidential act and consequently not subject to any review. The President makes decisions in this regard as to whether to appoint a given judge to the judicial office or whether to appoint a given candidate to the judicial office. If so, this candidate receives a judicial nomination from the President, takes the appropriate oath before the President, and then is a judge in the fullest sense of the word. Of course, one must not overlook the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) in this regard, but the KRS is there to present candidates for judicial offices to the President, in effect. Here, this presidential prerogative is strongest, and there have never been any doubts that even if there were, as the Constitutional Tribunal has stated several times before how flawed the KRS was, and therefore, of course, one could assume that consequently, the decisions and resolutions made by it are also flawed, if a presidential decision followed, meaning if the President exercised his prerogative, then the judicial status of that person was irrefutable and unquestionable. And from my point of view, there is nothing to ponder in this regard - stated President Andrzej Duda during a conversation with journalists in Davos.

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- Huge new investments, and in an area I care about most, namely research and development, where value is very high, where there are high-paying jobs. Salaries there are significantly higher than the average, and this is the type of investment that Poland needs most. I am very pleased that today, together with the chairman, we were able to summarize this multi-month period of discussions that we began in Stockholm - said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after a meeting with the chairman of the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, Leif Johansson, which took place at Polish House in Davos.

Earlier, during meetings in Davos, the Prime Minister stated that in an era of slowdown, the Polish economy is developing very rapidly: "I would like this source of success to be even more strongly based on highly advanced technologies that will bring new jobs to Poland."

- This is a huge investment, made with the certainty that we are making it in a country attractive in terms of research and development, and in a country that is building a European healthcare system, open to all. This is a very specialized investment - said AstraZeneca CEO Leif Johansson.

The Warsaw R&D center is one of the company's largest research and development centers globally. Key medical areas it works on include oncology (particularly lung cancer), cardiology, metabolic diseases, kidney diseases, diabetology, and asthma.

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In the case of the so-called disciplinary law for judges, everyone is playing with marked cards. The turbulent discussions, attempts to block, consultations, or even the opinion of the Venice Commission (perhaps the most spectacular idea of the opposition on this matter) will change nothing, because in the end, the Sejm will reject the Senate's veto on Thursday, and the President, judging by recent statements, will sign the new regulations. What some media outlets call a repressive law, however, is merely a prelude to a larger game that will likely await us shortly after the presidential elections, provided they are decided in favor of the ruling camp.

Zbigniew Ziobro recently lifted a veil of secrecy, confirming earlier media reports and the assumptions of political observers. In the first half of January, the Minister of Justice stated on Radio Maryja: - Next, we would like to change the structure of the judiciary. Currently, there are four levels. Why so many? That's bureaucracy. We would like to flatten this structure, so there are three levels, e.g., district courts, appellate courts, and the Supreme Court.

Our interlocutors admit that analyses and preparations are underway to flatten the judicial structure, and although nothing can be declared regarding the timeline or decision today, the idea in the Ministry of Justice is clear, and the United Right wants to move in this direction. The ruling camp will rely on Article 180, paragraph 5 of the Constitution, which Jarosław Kaczyński invoked during the last campaign: - In the event of a change in the system of courts or the change in the boundaries of judicial districts, a judge may be transferred to another court or retired, while retaining full remuneration.

The goal is not even so much to re-appoint all judges from scratch, but to re-staff judges in individual courts. Such changes are, of course, difficult to implement in the context of the upcoming presidential campaign, which will indeed be a game for everything. Our interlocutors admit that a potential defeat for Andrzej Duda means a return to the situation before 2015. The message from the United Right is clear: the next stage of changes after May 24th. In such a scenario, PiS will have approximately 3 years to implement its reforms. The next elections will not be held until 2023. Even a month's delay in the Senate will not change anything here.

Unofficially, there are also whispers about a possible change in the structure of the Supreme Court and its reduction to three chambers – the Disciplinary Chamber, the Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Chamber, and a third one, for instance, Private Affairs. According to this concept, the liquidation of two chambers would cause a change in the system, which would enable the re-appointment of judges to retirement. PiS has already tried to carry out such an operation once, first in a version vetoed by the president, and then through the retirement age criterion, proposed by Andrzej Duda. After the ECJ's decision, they withdrew from the so-called retirement purge.

However, these are plans for the future. The coming weeks are primarily about filling the position of the First President of the Supreme Court, which Małgorzata Gersdorf will vacate at the end of April. For PiS, it is crucial that among the candidates for this function is a person chosen from the so-called new judges. The General Assembly of Supreme Court Judges has been convened for March 17th to select candidates, and this is where the current struggle lies. PiS, anticipating possible problems, has also included anti-obstruction provisions in the disciplinary law.

After the amendment, the selection of candidates for the position of the First President of the Supreme Court requires the presence of at least 84 members of the General Assembly. However, if the election is not made due to a lack of quorum, the presence of at least 75 members is required. If, also at this meeting, the election is not made due to the lack of the required quorum, the election can be made at the next meeting in the presence of at least 32 members. At the end of this path, there is still a safeguard – if candidates are not elected according to the rules, the president shall promptly entrust the performance of the duties of the First President to a judge of the Supreme Court designated by him.

It remains an open question whether judges from the new chambers – the Disciplinary Chamber and the Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Chamber – will be admitted to participate in the aforementioned General Assembly of the Supreme Court at all. The last request by the First President of the Supreme Court to resolve inconsistencies in the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, which PiS is currently trying to block with the help of the Constitutional Tribunal, is already being interpreted as an attempt to undermine the status of the “new” judges so that they cannot participate in the procedure. Although the new PiS regulations are intended to prevent such a situation, including through the introduction of the aforementioned safeguard.

Either way, the coming months will be decisive – either the ruling camp will complete the reform, or the entire endeavor will be blown up. In 2018, after the ECJ's decision, PiS took a step back regarding changes in the Supreme Court, knowing that Gersdorf's term was ending anyway, and such changes are difficult to implement in a constant campaign. Now the situation is different – the liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber or the reversal of changes in the KRS would undermine the entire concept of changes championed by Zbigniew Ziobro or the ruling camp. Therefore, the message from PiS is clear: not one step back, we will complete the reform of the judiciary. This is despite the resistance of EU institutions, which certainly – the European Commission and the ECJ – will not let it go.

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- This is not the time for personal ambitions. I think I would achieve a good result in these elections, but I don't think I would win them. However, after these many meetings, I can calculate the proportions of votes. Today, the most important thing for us, for Platforma, is for these internal elections to conclude in the first round; then Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska will have a two-week longer election campaign - Joanna Mucha said in a conversation with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program "Wydarzenia i Opinie" on Polsat News.

I have this image today that PiS has draped Poland in such a sealed curtain and on this curtain it is showing us a spectacle titled 'the courts'. This is like an atomic bomb, because only an atomic bomb could cover up Banaś, the 15 million deficit in the CBA, what is happening in healthcare, where people are currently unable to get treatment at all, and very often unable to even buy medication - said Joanna Mucha in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program "Wydarzenia i Opinie" on Polsat News.

- I consider this a muzzle law. It's a muzzle intended for judges who nip at and devour other judges. It's a muzzle - said Tadeusz Cymański in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program "Wydarzenia i Opinie" (Events and Opinions) on Polsat News.

- Poland was one of the weakest EU member states in VAT collection; today, we are among the best. This was a factor that truly transformed our economy. The European Commission should grab the bull by the horns and eliminate all loopholes and tax carousels, because even if it helps recover even half of what the Polish Economic Institute report showed (€170 billion/year), that's roughly the annual budget of the European Union. Can you imagine that? If we want more ambitious EU policies, which we do, and President Macron and I are in agreement here, we should reflect on this - said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a Polish Economic Institute panel in Davos, speaking alongside French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and OECD Secretary-General José Ángel Gurría.

- This is the most important political topic, because tax evasion fuels populism in Europe. Mateusz is right: there will be no strong Union without cooperation on taxes - said Le Maire.

The discussion took place at the Polish House in Davos, organized for the second time by Pekao S.A. and PZU.

Poland, through the publication of the report "Tax Injustice in the European Union. Towards Greater Solidarity in the Fight Against Tax Avoidance", calls for a fight against EU tax havens.

The initiative will be promoted in foreign press, online services and media, as well as via the dedicated website TaxSolidarity.EU.

The report's publication at the World Economic Forum in Davos is a key element of the Polish project's information campaign.

The advertising campaign for the initiative will, however, have a much broader reach. Information regarding tax havens will appear in the foreign press, including the Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Le Figaro. The promotional campaign will also be conducted through social media.

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- As you know, President Macron's visit to Poland is approaching. This is a very important visit for us, for our shared history. Poland is very important to us, and is currently among the strongest EU states - said the French Finance Minister during a panel with Prime Minister Morawiecki at the Polish House in Davos.

- The entire European Union loses 65 billion [euros] from VAT carousel fraud alone, and a total of 170 billion Euros from tax evasion. Poland is ready to join other member states in fighting tax fraud. I agree with Angela Merkel that it is unacceptable for the baker on the corner to pay higher taxes than corporations. Here, we are in full agreement with France, Germany, and what the OECD says. Poland is ready to engage with other countries and EU institutions. I couldn't agree more with Bruno regarding the role of this phenomenon in feeding populism in Europe – said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during a panel discussion at Polish House in Davos.

The panel also includes French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and OECD Secretary-General José Ángel Gurría.

- I am grateful to the European Commission, Madam Commissioner, Vice-President Jourová, who unequivocally stated who is to blame for the outbreak of World War II. I also think that Russia and many of our partners, observers of how we are rectifying these neglects in the historical policy of our predecessors, are in enormous surprise, astonishment, that in such a short period we have managed to change the perception of Poland - said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Michał Adamczyk on the TVP Info program "Gość Wiadomości".

'The fact that politicians from the Left, a party that originates from the PZPR, from the communist party responsible for crimes in the 1940s and 50s, for judicial crimes, never reckoned with by the justice system in Poland during the Third Republic. The fact that they say such things, one could say, is not a big surprise for me' – said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Michał Adamczyk on the TVP Info program 'Gość Wiadomości'.

- Please note how in recent weeks Konfederacja politicians have fallen silent, or even commented very strangely on what is happening. This confirms their significant ties to Russia. This is, unfortunately, the truth that has now been largely exposed – said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Michał Adamczyk on TVP Info's program "Gość Wiadomości".

THE DISCIPLINARY ACT IS NOT THE END OF THE JUDICIAL GAME, WITH THE CHOICE OF GERSDORF'S SUCCESSOR IN THE BACKGROUND - writes Michał Olech for 300POLITYCE: "Our interlocutors admit that analyses and preparations for flattening the judicial structure are underway. Although nothing can be declared today regarding the timeline or decisions, the idea within the Ministry of Justice is clear, and the United Right wants to move in this direction (...) It's not even so much about appointing all judges from the beginning, but about reassigning judges in individual courts." -- TALK OF A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN THE SN'S STRUCTURE IS ALSO HEARD - we write on 300: "Unofficially, there is also talk of a possible change in the structure of the Supreme Court (SN) and its reduction to three chambers – the Disciplinary Chamber, the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs, and a third, for instance, Private Affairs. According to this concept, the liquidation of two chambers would entail a change in the system, which would allow for the re-appointment of judges to retirement. PiS has already tried to carry out such an operation once, first in a version vetoed by the president, and then through the age threshold, which was proposed by Andrzej Duda himself. After the CJEU's decision, they withdrew from the so-called 'retirement purge.'" -- THE RULING COALITION WILL EITHER COMPLETE THE REFORM, OR THE WHOLE THING WILL GO UP IN SMOKE - the conclusion of the 300 analysis: "One way or another, the coming months will be decisive – either the ruling coalition will complete the reform, or the whole thing will go up in smoke. In 2018, after the CJEU's decision, PiS took a step back regarding changes in the Supreme Court, knowing that Gersdorf's term was ending anyway, and it's difficult to implement such changes in a constant campaign. Now the situation is different – the liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber or the reversal of changes in the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) would undermine the entire concept of changes championed by Zbigniew Ziobro or the ruling camp. Therefore, the message from PiS is clear: not a step back, we will complete the judicial reform. Despite the resistance of EU institutions, which certainly – the European Commission (EC) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – will not let up." https://300polityka.pl/news/2020/01/22/ustawa-dyscyplinujaca-to-nie-koniec-rozgrywki-wokol-sadow-w-tle-wybor-nastepcy-gersdorf-analiza-300polityki/ -- 300POLITYKI LIVEBLOG: PMM IS GRATEFUL TO THE EC WHICH CLEARLY DEFINED WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II PMM IN DAVOS ON THE FIGHT AGAINST TAX EVASION PAD ON THE FACT THAT THE REQUEST REGARDING THE COMPETENCE DISPUTE SHOULD SUSPEND PROCEEDINGS IN THE SN TERLECKI ON THE RADICAL NEED FOR JUDICIAL REFORM, WHICH MUST BE CARRIED OUT MUCHA RESIGNS FROM RUNNING FOR PLATFORM CHAIRMAN AND APPEALS TO VOTE FOR BUDKA https://300polityka.pl/live/2020/01/22/ ***** POLSAT NEWS -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL HAS SUSPENDED TOMORROW'S SESSION OF THREE SN CHAMBERS. THE TK, AT THE REQUEST OF THE MARSHAL OF THE SEJM, WANTS TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES - announcement. -- THIS IS ANOTHER ROUND OF THE BATTLE OVER CHANGES TO THE JUDICIARY BEING IMPLEMENTED BY PiS - Grzegorz Kępka. -- THE DECISION OF THE THREE SN CHAMBERS COULD BE A BLOW TO THE CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY PiS - Kępka. -- STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE TK. -- THE PRESIDENT ALSO APPEALED FOR A SUSPENSION OF SN PROCEEDINGS - Kępka. -- THE SN HAS ALREADY SUSPENDED PROCEEDINGS ONCE FOLLOWING A TK DECISION. THIS CONCERNED THE CASE OF MARIUSZ KAMIŃSKI'S PARDON BY THE PRESIDENT - Kępka. -- STALIN WAS RIGHT TO ORDER THE MURDER IN KATYN – SUCH SHOCKING WORDS WERE SPOKEN ON RUSSIAN PUBLIC TELEVISION. PRIME MINISTER MORAWIECKI AND THE PRESIDENT COUNTERED THE RUSSIANS IN AN INTERVIEW FOR ISRAELI TELEVISION - announcement. ***** TVN FACTS -- PIS BLOCKS THE SN - TOMORROW IT WAS TO ISSUE A KEY RULING ON WHETHER JUDGES NOMINATED BY THE NEW KRS ARE LEGALLY ELECTED, BUT THE TK RUSHES TO HELP, PRESIDENT PRZYŁĘBSKA, WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE RULING, WANTS TO SUSPEND THE SN SESSION - announcement. -- THIS STATEMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE SN FROM ISSUING A RULING, A STATEMENT BY A POLITICIAN [MARSHAL OF THE SEJM] - Krzysztof Skórzyński. -- 24 HOURS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED HEARING, AS MANY AS THREE INSTITUTIONS WERE INVOLVED IN AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THIS RULING - Skórzyński continues. -- THE INVOLVEMENT TODAY BY THE MARSHAL OF THE SEJM AND THE PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT OF THE TK CAN ONLY BE A PRELUDE TO PiS'S NON-RECOGNITION OF TOMORROW'S SN RULING, IF IT IS ISSUED, BECAUSE PRESIDENT PRZYŁĘBSKA HAS ALREADY REACTED BY STATING IN A DECLARATION THAT TOMORROW'S RULING HAS NO RIGHT TO BE ISSUED - Skórzyński. -- PIS CERTAINLY FEARS ONE THING – THAT THE SN WILL RULE TOMORROW THAT THE NEW KRS IS NOT INDEPENDENT OF POLITICIANS - Skórzyński continues. -- FURTHERMORE, THAT JUDGES, IN WHOM THE NEW KRS PARTICIPATED, ALSO DO NOT GUARANTEE THIS INDEPENDENCE - Skórzyński. -- OVER THE YEARS OF THIS DISPUTE, ONLY THE MOST SCRUPULOUS OBSERVERS HAVE NOT LOST TRACK OF THE SUCCESSIVE INSTALLMENTS IN THE WAR OVER THE TRIBUNAL, THE COMPETENCIES OF THE NEW KRS, THE DISPUTE OVER THE SN, OR THE DISCIPLINARY CHAMBER - Skórzyński continues. -- AS OF THIS MOMENT, THERE IS NO DECISION TO CANCEL TOMORROW'S SN SESSION - Skórzyński. -- RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD OF ABW, ALLEGEDLY TOO TIRED, AND IT'S HARD TO BE SURPRISED – THE CASE OF BANAS HAS NOT BEEN CLARIFIED YET, AND THERE IS ALREADY THE GETBACK AFFAIR - announcement. -- THIS HAPPENED AT PRACTICALLY THE SAME TIME: HEAD OF NIK MARIAN BANAŚ SPOKE, AND HEAD OF ABW PIOTR POGONOWSKI RESIGNED FROM HIS POST. AND PiS, WHICH ONCE FIRMLY DEFENDED MARIAN BANAS, LATER FIRMLY WANTED TO REMOVE HIM, NOW SEEMS TO HAVE LOST THE WILL TO REMOVE HIM - Jakub Sobieniowski. -- THE OPPOSITION MPS ASSOCIATE THE LESSER WILL OF PiS POLITICIANS TO REMOVE BANASIA WITH THE FACT THAT HE SHOWED HIS STRENGTH, PRESENTING A DEVASTATING REPORT FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE RULE OF PiS REGARDING THE GETBACK AFFAIR - Sobieniowski continues. -- THE MOST IMPORTANT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HEADED BY PiS PEOPLE, RECEIVED WARNINGS THAT GETBACK WAS A FRAUD, AND YET FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE COULD BE MISUSED IN THIS FRAUD - Sobieniowski. -- GETBACK WAS A COMPANY THAT WAS ADMITTED TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE UNDER THE PiS GOVERNMENT, AND THE FRAUD WAS ALSO MUCH LARGER THAN AMBER GOLD - Sobieniowski continues. -- THE LOSSES IN GETBACK ARE GREATER, BUT THERE WILL BE NO INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION IN THIS MATTER - Sobieniowski. -- THOSE WHO SUFFERED MAY WONDER WHY THEIR LOSSES DO NOT DESERVE AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE POLITICAL CONNECTIONS IN THIS MATTER ARE SUCH – THE PRIME MINISTER'S FATHER MET WITH THE FRAUDSTER AND CALLED HIS SON ABOUT GETBACK - Sobieniowski continues. -- THE HEAD OF GETBACK EVEN WROTE TO THE PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF, REMINDING HIM THAT IT WAS GETBACK THAT WAS THE FINANCIAL PATRON OF THE GALA AND AWARDS CEREMONIES WHICH THE MOST IMPORTANT PiS POLITICIANS RECEIVED WHILE FINANCIAL SUPERVISION KNEW IT WAS A PYRAMID SCHEME - Sobieniowski. -- THERE WILL BE NO INVESTIGATION INTO THE DESTROYED EVIDENCE AFTER THE ACCIDENT INVOLVING PRIME MINISTER SZYDŁO. -- IN THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAIRMAN POSITION OF THE PLATFORM, THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER CANDIDATES AND MORE AND MORE VOTES FOR BORYS BUDKA - announcement. -- TODAY, JOANNA MUCHA, AND EARLIER BARTOSZ ARŁUKOWICZ, WITHDREW FROM THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAIRMAN POSITION OF THE PLATFORM AND JOINED BUDKA'S SIDE IN THE CONTEST AGAINST HIS MOST DANGEROUS RIVAL - Arleta Zalewska. -- THE REMAINING DUO, SIENKIEWICZ AND ZDROJEWSKI, ASSURED TODAY THAT THEY WOULD REMAIN UNTIL THE END - Zalewska continues. -- THE TRANSITION OF THE MUCHA-ARŁUKOWICZ DUO IS THE RESULT OF CABINET NEGOTIATIONS - Zalewska. -- FIRSTLY, IN RETURN, THEY RECEIVED IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN KIDAWNA-BŁOŃSKA'S TEAM; SECONDLY, IF THEIR CANDIDATE WINS, THEY HAVE GUARANTEES OF POSITIONS IN THE PARTY LEADERSHIP; AND THIRDLY, THEY HAD NO CHANCE OF WINNING, BUT THEIR RESIGNATION MAY INFLUENCE THE FACT THAT THE PLATFORM ELECTIONS WILL CONCLUDE THIS SATURDAY - Zalewska continues. -- ACCORDING TO OUR UNOFFICIAL INFORMATION, BUDKA'S CIRCLE IS CONVINCED THAT IN THE EVENT OF HIS VICTORY, AND AFTER A POSSIBLE DEFEAT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, SCHETYNA WILL DO EVERYTHING TO REGAIN POWER WITHIN THE PLATFORM - Zalewska. -- ALL CANDIDATES ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN THE PLATFORM TODAY - Zalewska continues. -- THE SENATE REJECTED THIS ACT ENTIRELY, LAWYERS LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED IN ALL LANGUAGES, BUT THE REPRESSIVE ACT HAS RETURNED TO THE SEJM. TOMORROW IS THE FINAL VOTE, TODAY THERE WERE HEATED COMMISSION DEBATES. -- THE YAD VASHEM INSTITUTE IS READY FOR TOMORROW'S CEREMONIES IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST. ***** TVP NEWS -- POLISH POLITICIANS AT THE FORUM IN DAVOS ARE PROMOTING NEW INVESTMENTS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE - announcement. -- THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER ARE IN DAVOS AND HAVE HAD MANY IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS - Michał Adamczyk from Davos. -- THE PRIME MINISTER MET WITH THE HEADS OF GLOBAL CORPORATIONS - Damian Diaz. -- THE POLISH PRESCRIPTION FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS IS ONE OF THE TOPICS IN DAVOS - Michał Adamczyk continues. -- POLISH SUCCESS ANNOYS THE GERMANS - banner. -- POLAND IS AMONG THE ECONOMIC CHAMPIONS BECAUSE THE UNITED RIGHT GOVERNMENT FIRMLY FIGHTS FOR NATIONAL INTEREST AND IMPLEMENTS POLICIES BENEFICIAL TO OUR COUNTRY - Maciej Sawicki. -- THIS APPARENTLY DOES NOT PLEASE THE OPPOSITION POLITICIANS - Sawicki. -- STATEMENT BY KIDAWNA-BŁOŃSKA FOR TVN FACTS THAT KACZYŃSKI DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE WORLD, BUT ABOUT POLAND. -- WITH THESE WORDS, KIDAWA-BŁOŃSKA REMINDS US THAT DURING THE PO-PSL GOVERNMENT, A DIFFERENT POLICY WAS PURSUED. ITS SYMBOL IS SIKORSKI'S BERLIN HOMAGE - Sawicki. -- GERMANY REWARDED POLITICIANS WITH MEDALS FOR THEIR SUBMISSIVE ATTITUDE - Sawicki. -- THE PIS GOVERNMENT FIRMLY DEFENDS HISTORICAL TRUTH - Sawicki. -- THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE MARSHAL OF THE SEJM TO THE TK REGARDING THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMPETENCE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE SEJM AND THE SN - announcement. -- WILL THE SUPREME COURT BREAK THE POLISH CONSTITUTION? - banner. -- THE REQUEST FROM MARSHAL WITEK IS A RESPONSE TO THE ACTIONS OF MAŁGORZATA GERSDORF - Maksymilian Maszenda. -- DESPITE THE TK DECISION, THE SN HAS STILL NOT CANCELLED TOMORROW'S SESSION - Maszenda. -- THE ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE COMPETENCIES OF THE TK, THE PARLIAMENT, OR THE PRESIDENT BY SOME JUDGES IS MEETING WITH OPPOSITION EVEN WITHIN THE JUDICIAL COMMUNITY - Maszenda. -- THE SEJM JUSTICE COMMITTEE NEGATIVELY OPINED ON THE SENATE'S RESOLUTION TO REJECT THE AMENDMENT TO THE JUDICIAL LAWS - Maszenda. -- THE "JUDGES' CASTE" IS DESTROYING POLES - banner. -- ANOTHER PATIENT IMPLICATES TOMASZ GRODZKI. A WITNESS SPEAKS OF AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OF EXTRACTING MONEY FROM PATIENTS - announcement. -- THE MANNER IN WHICH NANCY PELOSI WAS RECEIVED BY MARSHAL GRODZKI IS SURPRISING - Krzysztof Nowina-Konopka. -- THE MEETING IN A ROOM RESEMBLING A GARAGE WAS A SERIES OF PROTOCOLAR AWKWARDNESSES - Nowina-Konopka: The Polish flag was attached with a clothespin.

True patriots defend Poland, they defend its good name. We will always defend its good name. Hence my statement, which reached nearly two billion people worldwide through various communication channels and was overwhelmingly positively commented on - said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Michał Adamczyk on the TVP Info program “Gość Wiadomości”.

- Everyone was waiting for the CJEU to issue a ruling unfavorable to us. Meanwhile, that ruling was very positive. The Supreme Court seemed unable to swallow it, and as a result, at the beginning of December, it issued a ruling which any serious country should act upon. This ruling led to some judges, who were analyzing their prerogatives in various ways, questioning the rulings of other judges, and no serious country can allow that. The President holds the ultimate prerogative in his hands to appoint judges. The National Council of the Judiciary, this one or that one, or even earlier nominations by the Council of State, are merely, so to speak, a step towards the final nomination. The President confirmed these judges, and therefore no judge has the right to question the status of other judges, and that is why we had to act legislatively, and I hope this matter will be resolved soon – said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Michał Adamczyk on the TVP Info program “Gość Wiadomości”.