Polish PM Tusk Doubles Down on Chasing Adversaries, Vows To Ignore Judicial Decision

Polish PM Tusk Doubles Down on Chasing Adversaries, Vows To Ignore Judicial Decision in Order To Prosecute Former Central Bank Governor

Paul Serran

Poland is still reeling from the monster demonstrations for the release of the (already pardoned) political prisoners that were illegally arrested INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, but the new Prime Minister Donald Tusk has already moved ahead relentlessly in his vendetta against prominent officials from the former government.

Worse, Tusk now makes it even clearer that he isn’t about to be constrained by judicial decisions that may be contrary to his liking.

Case in point: the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has issued a ruling that prevents Tusk’s coalition from putting central bank governor Adam Glapiński on trial.

Notes from Poland reported:

“The TK, which is itself seen as being under the influence of PiS, deemed […] existing rules, which require only a simple majority in parliament to bring the central bank governor before the State Tribunal, the body tasked with trying the highest officials of state, to be unconstitutional.

“In December, shortly before becoming prime minister, Donald Tusk said that they would ‘seek opinions confirming whether [Glapiński] has performed his function unconstitutionally and contrary to the principles of law’. If so, he could be brought before the State Tribunal, said Tusk.”

Glapiński denies the allegations.

After PiS lost its parliamentary majority in elections, the former central banker wrote to European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde, sharing the plans to bring him before the State Tribunal.

Lagarde assured him that he would be protected by EU law.

This means Tusk is operating by dismissing both Polish judicial decisions and European Union law.

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