(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, 25 MAG - Poland's president tapped a new
Supreme Court chief justice on Monday, drawing criticism over
her political affiliation with the EU country's right-wing
government. The move follows several controversial judicial
reforms, which the EU has said test the rule of law in the
country by undermining judicial independence. The reforms have
been pushed ahead by the ruling right-wing Law and Justice (PiS)
government, which has been accused of undermining democratic
standards in Poland. President Andrzej Duda's pick for Supreme
Court chief justice, Malgorzata Manowska, immediately drew
allegations of political bias from legal experts and the
opposition. The appointment of Manowska, who will oversee the
judicial system, was confirmed by presidential spokesman Blazej
Spychalski in a tweet Monday. Manowska served as a justice
ministry secretary of state in a previous PiS government in
2007, and Duda is himself allied with the existing PiS
administration is currently seeking re-election. (ANSA-AFP).
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