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Poland's ruling party seeks to replace judges with own nominees, ensuring favourable final checks on legislative changes

27 November 2015
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal judges will be replaced. The Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Wednesday they needed to be changed because it had become a nest filled with his political opponents who would try to complicate the government’s work. (photo credit: Reuters)
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal judges will be replaced. The Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Wednesday they needed to be changed because it had become a nest filled with his political opponents who would try to complicate the government’s work. (photo credit: Reuters)
<p>Poland’s newly installed right-leaning ruling party on Thursday took steps to replace judges elected to the country’s top court with its own nominees, as it seeks to clear legal hurdles to its agenda of sweeping change.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
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