- I will not back down. I have the impression that I pose a certain threat to the camp that once created an authoritarian state – I am not afraid to use that word – Waldemar Żurek wrote on social media.

- A few years ago, we saw where Poland was heading – the destruction of the constitution, the breaking of the terms of office of the National Council of the Judiciary, the failure to swear in legal judges of the Constitutional Tribunal, the breaking of the term of office of the First President of the Supreme Court, the manual control of courts, the destruction of judicial self-governance – the list is very long. It was lawlessness – he stated.

As the minister emphasized: - I am not afraid of this camp of power. I have a plan on how to hold them accountable, and I am consistently implementing it. And their outcry is merely a natural reaction.

Nie wycofam się.

Mam wrażenie, że stanowię pewne zagrożenie dla tego obozu, który kiedyś tworzył państwo autorytarne - nie boję się użyć tego słowa.

Widzieliśmy kilka lat temu, dokąd zmierza Polska - niszczenie konstytucji, zrywanie kadencji Krajowej Rady Sądownictwa,…

— Waldemar Żurek (@w_zurek) October 3, 2025