Last Friday, Justice Minister Adam Bodnar announced that Dariusz Barski is still a retired prosecutor, making him the national prosecutor. Thus, Jacek Bilevich took over the duties of the National Prosecutor. The Constitutional Tribunal of Yulia Pzhilenska has already responded to Bodnar's decision. This is the decision that PiS wants.
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CT by Julia Przylbskawhich still strongly supports PiS, was published on Monday Interim resolution Regarding the last decision of the head of the Ministry of Justice, Adam Bodnar.
The Constitutional Tribunal made an “intervention” regarding Bodnar's decision
The Tribunal in this decision “The Attorney General was instructed and all public authorities to refrain from any action which would interfere with their execution Dariusz Barsky The powers, tasks and competences of the active prosecutor of the National Prosecutor's Office and the performance of the function of the national prosecutor, including refraining from the execution and implementation of the provisions of the letter of the Prosecutor General dated January 12, 2024.
As noted, “At the same time, the Constitutional Tribunal decided to suspend the execution of the Prime Minister's decision of January 12, 2024 on the appointment of Prosecutor Jacek Bilevic as Acting National Prosecutor.”
Interestingly, the notice was submitted to the Constitutional Tribunal by an interested party, Dariusz Barski, and the document was received by Kristina Pavlovic, a former PiS MP and a judge at the Constitutional Tribunal for some time.
The decision of the Constitutional Tribunal was followed by a number of reactions. “I repeated what I wrote a few days ago: the legislator did not foresee a situation where the Constitution was violated or the Constitutional Tribunal itself was severely violated. According to this principle, the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal could rule Poland, change the legislation. and the executive branch,” wrote journalist Patrick Slowik from WP.
Prosecutor Eva Vrzosek added: “Julia Przylbska's Constitutional Tribunal should advertise on UberEats. For sale with free delivery.
What exactly did Adam Bodnar do?
Last Friday, the Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar reported that Dariusz Barsky He remained a retired prosecutor at the time of his appointment as a national prosecutor, which demonstrated a procedural error and his inability to perform the function of a national prosecutor, as retired prosecutors cannot be reappointed to an active status. Then it was announced that Jacek Bilevich would take over the duties of the national prosecutor.
Bodnar's decision was categorically opposed by his deputies, who accused him of breaking the law. They even released a special announcement.
“Deputy Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar states that entrusting prosecutor Jacek Bilevic with the acting function of national prosecutor by illegally skipping the procedures of the Law on Prosecutor's Office is ineffective. Such a function is not provided for by the Law on the Prosecutor's Office”, we read in the statement issued that day.
A meeting with the President was held on Monday regarding this issue. The Chancellery of the President reported on the X website that “President Andrzej Duda spoke with the National Prosecutor Dariusz Barski and the Deputy Prosecutor General.”
“He informed that he did not agree to the dismissal of the national prosecutor and did not express an opinion on the appointment of a new national prosecutor. Accordingly, the President of the Republic of Poland emphasized that, in accordance with the current regulations, the national prosecutor is Mr. Dariusz Barski,” the statement said.