Poland’s President Vetoes 2 Proposed Laws Limiting Courts’ Independence
" Mr. Duda said, "but I am a supporter of a wise reform." A practicing Catholic
and former Boy Scout with a cherubic smile and an upbeat demeanor, President Duda, 45, went along with the government’s earlier initiatives, like one asserting control over the Constitutional Tribunal, which rules on the constitutionality of new legislation and is now dominated by government supporters. that Poland needs reform of the judiciary,
By RICK LYMANJULY 24, 2017
WARSAW — Andrzej Duda was a relatively obscure member of the right-wing Law
and Justice party when the leader of the party and the most powerful man in the country plucked him from the chorus line to become its candidate for president in 2015.
Nobel Peace led that For now, it’s hard to say how far Andrzej Duda’s independence will go.
"Don’t stop protesting!" On Monday, the Nationwide Women’s Strike — a group
that brought tens of thousands into the streets late last year in a successful effort to get the government to rescind a bill outlawing all abortions — gave Mr. Duda 48 hours to veto the third bill on local courts, warning of "civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale" if he failed to do so.
President, I lived in a state where the general prosecutor could do virtually anything,
and I wouldn’t like to come back to this state.’ " An earlier version of this article misstated the given name of a lawmaker who said the vetoes should spur "quick reform of the justice system." He is Stanislaw Tyszka, not Pawel.
Parliament has the power to override the vetoes, but doing so would require the agreement of 60 percent of lawmakers — a threshold
that the Law and Justice Party, which has only a thin majority, could not meet without support from other parties.
Pawel Kukiz, a pop star who formed his own political party
and was considered the likeliest to side with Law and Justice, posted praise for President Duda on his Facebook page.
