The government does not recognise the court’s legitimacy and is likely to continue to ignore it.
The government does not recognise the court’s legitimacy and is likely to continue to ignore it.
The government is likely to ignore the ruling as it regards the court as an unlawful body in its current form.
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But the justice minister says the ruling is itself invalid.
However, the current government does not recognise the legitimacy of many TK judges, including some of those who issued yesterday’s ruling.
Few had expected the president, an ally of the former ruling PiS party, to sign the bills.
The head of the commission, however, has dismissed the ruling as having no legal force.
The measures were due to go into effect at the start of the new school year next week.
The aim is to undo what the current government sees as the politicisation and corruption of the court by the former PiS administration.
A deputy speaker of parliament has indicated that they will ignore the constitutional court’s ruling.
Judges found that the measures unjustly restrict the discretion of courts to decide on a punishment for a crime.
The current government wants to overhaul the constitutional court following eight years of rule by the Law and Justice (PiS) party.
Sejm speaker Szymon HoÅ‚ownia accused the court of “unlawfully interfering” and “exceeding its authority”.
The measures aim to “restore the independence of the Constitutional Tribunal”.
Central bank governor Adam Glapiński is seen as an ally of the former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.