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Poland's president signs controversial law despite protests
Poland's president signs controversial law despite protests
Poland’s president has signed into law one of three contested bills
that organises the judiciary in a way that critics say limits their
independence.
The move came after senior members of the ruling rightwing Law and Justice party (PiS) reacted furiously to Andrzej Duda’s decision to veto two out of three controversial bills
that critics argue would have given the government control over the
country’s judicial system, portraying him as bowing to the will of
hostile foreign powers.
His declaration followed days of demonstrations across the country,
in which hundreds of thousands of Poles took to the streets in the
capital, Warsaw, as well as other towns and cities, and held vigils in
front of courthouses.
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