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Statement
„Restoring the rule of law is our duty. After years of PiS lawlessness it is a difficult, sometimes painful process and requires decisive action. There is no other way.”
Claim checked: The steps taken toward the Tribunal leadership serve to restore the rule of law and there is no alternative.
Verdict: Unverifiable
What we found
The post mixes fact and assessment. The long-running dispute over the Tribunal is a fact: according to Parkiet, the European Court of Human Rights and the CJEU found the 2015 appointment of judges to already-filled seats defective, and since March 2026 the Sejm has elected eight new judges. The assessment is that the current steps (a break in duties for the Tribunal's president and vice-president) amount to "restoring the rule of law" and that "there is no other way". Experts are divided: the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights called the grounds for the suspension doubtful and warned of a dangerous precedent (WP), Marcin Matczak wrote that the legal basis is nonexistent (Notes from Poland), and Parkiet reports that experts have doubts about this basis. Criticism also concerns political nominations by the current coalition. With no court ruling, neither the truth nor the falsity of this assessment can be established today.
Method note
The statement is largely a political and legal assessment, so we propose "Unverifiable". Symmetry: we apply the same standard to statements from both sides of the dispute (see also the cards on the president's and Viktor Orbán's statements).
Sources
- Where it was said
- Polsat News: „Innej drogi nie ma”. Premier o Trybunale Konstytucyjnym (30.10.2026)
- Parkiet: kryzys wokół TK, stan sporu (31.10.2026)
- Wirtualna Polska: relacja na żywo, stanowisko HFPC (31.10.2026)
- Notes from Poland: chaos w Trybunale Konstytucyjnym (30.10.2026)
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