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Did ŻUrek Signal an Attack on the KRS? Unofficially: Service Intrusion Possible in the Coming Days
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"You can be a judge, but you can have little or no understanding of the law. [Waldemar Żurek] is just a left-wing political aspirant, not a judge. What he was spouting, this nonsense about the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal, and the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union, is unacceptable. In this respect, Adam Bodnar was a much better lawyer. His application of the law was, of course, abysmal, but he was a much better law…
Adam Bodnar lost his position in Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government, replaced by Waldemar Żurek. He is the third judge since 1989 to be appointed both Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General. A leading critic of Zbigniew Ziobro's government, he is determined and consistent. In April 2025, he sued the State Treasury for damages for repressions committed between 2015 and 2023. Who is Judge Waldemar Żurek?
Regulating the status of so-called neo-judges, healing the National Council of the Judiciary and the Constitutional Tribunal, accelerating the settlement of PiS scandals, reforming the prosecutor's office and leading the courts out of collapse – the new Minister of Justice faces a lot of work and even more questions about how to solve the problems.
Waldemar Żurek, the new Minister of Justice who replaced Adam Bodnar, argued during a short conference that many "institutions have been destroyed in Poland" and he would like to "restore" them.
Did Żurek signal an attack on the KRS? Unofficially: service intrusion possible in the coming days
There may be a physical attempt to take over the National Council of the Judiciary and entry by the services – such alarming information has reached journalists from the Niezalezna.pl portal. This has become even more likely, as in his first appearance after taking the oath, Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek stated: “We do not have […] The post Did Żurek signal an attack on the KRS? Unofficially: service intrusion possible in the coming days appea…
Waldemar Żurek will replace Adam Bodnar at the Ministry of Justice. As it turns out, this isn't the end of the changes.
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