Polish President says he will veto bills aiming to put the Supreme Court under control of the ruling party

Polish President says he
will veto bills aiming to put
the Supreme Court under
control of the ruling party
Polish currency immediately rises against
euro as investors see decision as
lowering political risk.
The President of Poland has said he will veto two
contentious bills that are widely seen as assaults
on the independence of the judicial system.
The planned legal overhaul by the ruling party has
sparked days of nationwide protests.
Andrzej Duda said he would veto two of three bills
recently passed by politicians.
People gather during national protests against the
Supreme Court legislation in Poznan, Poland
(Agencja Gazeta/Lukasz Cynalewski via Reuters)
One would have put the Supreme Court under the
political control of the ruling party, giving the
justice minister – who is also prosecutor general –
power to appoint judges.
Mr Duda said that the country's justice system as
it works now is in need of reform, but he said that
the changes that lawmakers had proposed threaten
to create an oppressive system and that the
protests of recent days show that the changes
would divide society.

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