Khaleej Times

THE GUARDIAN

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Street protests in Poland

This week, after eight days of nationwide street protests, the president, Andrzej Duda, surprised many by appearing to break ranks with the ruling party over its intention to place the judiciary fully under its control. Duda vetoed two key pieces of legislatio­n aimed at wiping out the independen­ce of the Supreme Court and giving parliament control over the body that hires judges. His motives remain a matter of speculatio­n. The bills, he explained, “would not strengthen the sense of justice in society”. Duda had up until then sided with every government move to curtail independen­t institutio­ns. Was this a genuine U-turn, or a tactical retreat?

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