Manowska announces offensive. "I intend to send open letters."

After August 6, I intend to send open letters to the Marshals of the Sejm and Senate and President Karol Nawrocki regarding court laws, including those on the National Council of the Judiciary, announced Małgorzata Manowska, First President of the Supreme Court, in an interview with money.pl.

"I intend to send open letters to the Speakers of the Sejm and Senate, as well as to the President, after August 6th, after the swearing-in ceremony. I think I will extend this to the heads of parliamentary clubs," Manowska said, adding that the letters will request a meeting and discussion on all court legislation, including the National Council of the Judiciary – an institution that the current government views as politicized.

According to her, judicial members of the National Council of the Judiciary can be elected by parliament, but this election should be preceded by a general election among the judges themselves. "The problem isn't that parliament, which has a democratic mandate, decides; the problem is who nominates these candidates. A signature from ten or a dozen judges stating our support—that's a bit too small a representation," she said.

Manowska also announced that she is preparing a letter to Sejm Speaker Szymon Hołownia regarding a recent letter regarding the presidential election sent to Hołownia by Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar, head of the Ministry of Justice. "The letter from the Minister of Justice contains so many inaccuracies (to put it mildly) that it's impossible to ignore them," Manowska noted.

In the interview, the First President of the Supreme Court also referred to the allegations that the prosecutor's office raised last week in its applications to the Professional Liability Chamber of the Supreme Court and the State Tribunal to waive her immunity.

This concerns the abuse of power in recognizing the validity of the votes of the Supreme Court Board despite the lack of a quorum, failure to fulfill obligations related to the failure to convene a meeting of the full bench of the State Tribunal on time and failure to implement the final decision of the District Court in Olsztyn regarding the resolution on the suspension of Judge Paweł Juszczyszyn.

When asked if she saw a possibility of waiving her immunity, Manowska replied that a judge is not allowed to do so. "This issue was once considered from a legal perspective. However, I will certainly not waive it, because it is a guarantee that a judge will truly rule independently," she said. She added that she sees no basis for waiving her immunity. (PAP)

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