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18/08/2025

09:51

Bodnar on resolving the TK crisis: 'We have several options'

Michał Olech

I think we have several options. Well, one is that perhaps – and I still believe this is on the table – it would be worthwhile for all political forces to agree on how to reform and, from scratch, create a new Constitutional Tribunal – stated Adam Bodnar on the 'Poranek TOK FM' program, when asked about options for resolving the crisis with the Constitutional Tribunal (TK).

I believe that at some point such a decision [filling the vacancies in the TK] should be considered, but it shouldn't be about someone thinking in terms of, 'now our judges' (in inverted commas, meaning judges linked to one political faction or another) are coming in; rather, a genuine procedure for selecting individuals for vacant positions in the Constitutional Tribunal should be conducted in such a way that the individuals who join [the TK] leave no doubt as to their integrity, independence, and status, so that no one can in any way attribute a given lawyer to one political camp or another – he continued.

– […] Bogdan Święczkowski is not an individual whose status is crystal clear and irreproachable. Various proceedings are ongoing. From what I know, there have been quite significant communications regarding investigations related to 'Pegasus,' as well as the use of 'Hermes' type software, and we will see which direction the prosecutor's office will take in this regard. The reality concerning the assessment of Mr. Bogdan Święczkowski may change over time – Bodnar continued, asked about the legitimacy of the Constitutional Tribunal's operations under Bogdan Święczkowski's leadership.


Michał Olech