Judge Korwin-Piotrowska rejected prosecutor's application for immunity waiver for Święczkowski
Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska refused to accept one of the applications from the prosecutor general to waive immunity for Bogdan Święczkowski due to formal deficiencies. The prosecutor's office has announced it will amend the document.
Constitutional Tribunal resumes work on outstanding cases
Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska issued a negative decision regarding one of several applications for immunity waiver for Bogdan Święczkowski. As she stated in a declaration published on the Constitutional Tribunal's website, she ordered the rejection of the prosecutor general's application due to formal deficiencies.
Waldemar Żurek, who submitted several applications to the Constitutional Tribunal concerning the immunity of the former head of the Regional Prosecutor's Office and consent for detention and arrest, commented on this decision in a conversation with PAP. According to him, the rejection means that "we have an independent and objectively functioning Constitutional Tribunal — at last". The prosecutor's office will analyse how quickly it can amend the document and resubmit it. Fakt.pl reports that Żurek confirmed the confusion surrounding the case.
Korwin-Piotrowska simultaneously appealed to the Constitutional Tribunal judges to exercise "the highest diligence" in order to accelerate the examination of long-outstanding cases. She informed them that the Tribunal is reviewing "all cases", but priority is given to the oldest cases. Initially, the 100 oldest proceedings submitted between 2013 and 2021 were analysed — in many of them, no action had been taken for almost seven years.
On Thursday, Judge Korwin-Piotrowska informed of changes to access to the Tribunal's premises. Sitting judges and employees will be able to enter through the building of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister due to difficulties at the main entrance. She emphasised that this decision does not hinder the performance of judicial or employment duties.
Source: Google News PL