Krystyna Pawłowicz, a judge at the Constitutional Tribunal, has requested to be moved to a state of retirement after 6 years of her term. The General Assembly of Constitutional Tribunal Judges has passed a resolution on this matter, and Pawłowicz will cease to be a judge on December 5, 2025.

The judge published a statement, which reads:

“The aggression towards constitutional state institutions, including towards the Constitutional Tribunal, its President, judges, myself included, has created conditions that make it difficult or even impossible to perform the function of a Constitutional Tribunal judge entrusted to me by the democratically elected Sejm and the President of the Republic of Poland. This aggression also hinders normal functioning in private life.

For carrying out constitutional duties of defending and protecting the Polish Constitution, CT judges are delegitimized, intimidated, humiliated, and ridiculed. Their previous professional achievements are questioned. Their independence is undermined, and their families are intimidated and harassed.

These acts of hatred have unfortunately negatively affected my health, irreversibly worsening it. After 6 years, they have forced me to leave the office of a Constitutional Tribunal judge prematurely.

I have strived to perform this honorable function entrusted to me, in the name and for the good of the Republic of Poland, with all my strength.”