Two of the three acts comprising the judicial reform have been vetoed by President Andrzej Duda. As the Onet.pl portal reports:
The President of Poland announced that he was vetoing the Law and Justice (PiS) acts on the Supreme Court and the National Council of the Judiciary. He also appealed to politicians from both the governing camp and the opposition. “It cannot be the case that people who swore an oath to the nation are now calling for street clashes,” Andrzej Duda stressed. The President will meet today with the First President of the Supreme Court, Małgorzata Gersdorf, and then with the chair of the National Council of the Judiciary, Dariusz Zawistowski.
See the statement by the President of the Republic of Poland:
The presidential veto means that the acts on the Supreme Court and the National Council of the Judiciary will return to the Sejm and will have to be amended. The President said that he had made this decision after numerous consultations with various groups, including legal professionals.
The judicial reforms planned by the government triggered numerous protests. In many Polish cities, people protested, among other places, outside courts. Three protests also took place outside the District Court in Bolesławiec.
Czy Prezydent Andrzej Duda podjął dobrą decyzję?
See how people protested against the judicial reform in Bolesławiec on Sunday (23 July):
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