As Poland’s government punishes judges, corruption is rising

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Poland’s government is trying systematically to subdue the judiciary

THE CASE AGAINST Igor Tuleya, a judge in Warsaw, is mysterious. Poland’s justice ministry wants to prosecute him for letting spectators and reporters attend a hearing in 2016 on whether the governing Law and Justice party violated quorum rules in parliament. That seems odd: under Polish law judges have the right to decide whom to allow into their courtrooms.

Punishing judges for politically incorrect rulings sounds like something out of an authoritarian dictatorship. Poland’s government is indeed trying systematically to subdue the judiciary. According to a report by Iustitia, an independent judges’ organisation, 60 judges have faced various kinds of repression since 2017, when PiS established the disciplinary chamber. Their transgressions ranged from criticising court reforms to upholding the right of anti-government activists to demonstrate.

When a state undermines the independence of its judiciary, corruption tends to follow. There are signs of this in Poland. Since PiS came to power in 2015 the country has slipped from 29th to 41st in Transparency International’s corruption-perceptions index. In September media reports said that Marian Banas, the senior government auditor, had rented a house to a brothel; he rejects the allegations, and has refused to resign.

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Don't blame the Polish government. It is a direct result/reaction to EU population replacing policies, a crime against humanity. Naturally a form of National Socialism has risen in response and 'Liberals' are being purged from the system.

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