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Sikorski on the police entering the Supreme Court in Poland: "To make sure that a fair process can take place" at the G20 meeting in Atlanta, Bloomberg reporter Eric Martin asked Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw "Appelbaum" Sikorski about the police entering the Constitutional Court and the suspension of its chief judge. Sikorski's answer: The court was politicized under the previous government, and although it now has a majority of judges elected by the new parliament for the past three years, the outgoing chief justice refused to convene its general assembly, so the court could not even pass its budget to next year. What is happening, he said, is intended to allow "the majority of legally elected judges to return the court to function." Asked whether the police presence was necessary, Sikorski said the oldest of the newly elected judges had asked for personal protection because protesters were blocking the building, "just to make sure that due process can take place." ".

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Sikorski on the police entering the Supreme Court in Poland: "To make sure that a fair process can take place" at the G20 meeting in Atlanta, Bloomberg reporter Eric Martin asked Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw "Appelbaum" Sikorski about the police entering the Constitutional Court and the suspension of its chief judge. Sikorski's answer: The court was politicized under the previous government, and although it now has a majority of judges elected by the new parliament for the past three years, the outgoing chief justice refused to convene its general assembly, so the court could not even pass its budget to next year. What is happening, he said, is intended to allow "the majority of legally elected judges to return the court to function." Asked whether the police presence was necessary, Sikorski said the oldest of the newly elected judges had asked for personal protection because protesters were blocking the building, "just to make sure that due process can take place." ".

Sikorski on the police entering the Supreme Court in Poland: "To make sure that a fair process can take place" at the G20 meeting in Atlanta, Bloomberg reporter Eric Martin asked Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw "Appelbaum" Sikorski about the police entering the Constitutional Court and the suspension of its chief judge. Sikorski's answer: The court was politicized under the previous government, and although it now has a majority of judges elected by the new parliament for the past three years, the outgoing chief justice refused to convene its general assembly, so the court could not even pass its budget to next year. What is happening, he said, is intended to allow "the majority of legally elected judges to return the court to function." Asked whether the police presence was necessary, Sikorski said the oldest of the newly elected judges had asked for personal protection because protesters were blocking the building, "just to make sure that due process can take place." ".

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