Hardline conservatives use numbers to push through widely condemned reforms that water down judges’ power to rule on legality of government policiesPoland’s ruling conservative party has passed a law that top legal and opposition figures say will paralyse the countrys highest legislative court and remove critical checks on the government’s power.
Following an avalanche of criticism at home and abroad,the approval of the current law raises the bar for constitutional court rulings from a simple majority to a two-thirds majority, while requiring 13 judges to be present instead of nine previously for the most contentious cases.
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Source: theguardian.com