At Tuesday's session, Poland's lower house of parliament - the Sejm - has appointed two vice-presidents and 16 members of the Tribunal of State. According to the constitution, the First President of the Supreme Court by default serves also as the President of the Tribunal of State. Two deputy presidents of the Tribunal and 16 regular members are appointed by the Sejm in a vote. The candidates cannot serve as MPs or senators in a given parliamentary term.
On Tuesday (Nov. 21), the Sejm resumed the first session of the new parliament after the Oct. 15 election it had opened last week.
In the vote over the new composition of the Tribunal of State, the lower house appointed Jacek Dubois and Piotr Andrzejewski as new deputy presidents of the Tribunal's president as well as 16 members of that body: Marek Czeszkiewicz, Jan Majchrowski, Adrian Salus, Piotr Sak, Marcin Wawrzyniak, Maciej Zaborowski, Sabina Grabowska, Adam Koczyk, Marek Mikołajczyk, Przemysław Rosati, Piotr Zientarski, Marek Małecki, Józef Zych, Marcin Radwan-Röhrenschef, Kamila Ferenc, and Maciej Miłosz.
Tribunal of State
The State Tribunal judges are appointed by the Sejm. Candidates need to win an absolute majority of votes with at least half of all 460 MPs present.
According to the constitution, the Tribunal of State is composed of the president, two vice-presidents, and 16 members appointed by the Sejm in a vote. The candidates cannot serve as MPs or senators in a given parliamentary term.
Furthermore, as the constitution dictates, the First President of the Supreme Court by default serves also as the President of the Tribunal of State.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, tvn24.pl, PAP