The Polish justice ministry plans to reduce the number of Supreme Court judges to 20/30 from the current 97 and to merge some of the chambers of the Supreme Court, the dailyRzeczpospolita reported on Tuesday 8 September.
“To remedy the situation in the judicial system, it is necessary to limit the number of official posts, reorganise the courts and limit their competences”, Deputy Minister of Justice Anna Dalkowska told the newspaper.
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