28 Supreme Court judges say "no". Strong opposition to the decision of the first president

On Tuesday, Supreme Court judge Włodzimierz Wróbel published two statements on Facebook regarding the General Assembly of Supreme Court judges scheduled for November 3. One of them was signed by 15 judges of the Criminal Chamber, the other by 13 judges of the Civil Chamber and the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs.

All signed persons declare that they will not participate in the meeting convened by the first president of the Supreme Court, Zbigniew Kapiński. The Assembly was convened in connection with the situation surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal.

In published statements, judges question the basis on which the General Assembly was convened. They point out that it was convened - as they wrote - "by a person appointed to the office of the First President of the Supreme Court in violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the Act on the Supreme Court of 2017."

The reservations also concern the composition of the assembly. According to the authors of the statements, judges appointed to the Supreme Court under the provisions of the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary of 2017 would participate in it. The signees claim that the nomination procedure in which they were appointed "grossly violated the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland."

In the opinion of the signatories, the participation of the judges appointed in this way means that the assembly will not constitute a proper General Assembly of judges of the Supreme Court.

The signees also emphasize that the date of the meeting was set in violation of applicable regulations. In their opinion, it will not be possible to gather the quorum required to adopt a resolution at such a meeting.

In their statements, the judges also referred to the situation around the Constitutional Tribunal and the involvement of the first president of the Supreme Court, Zbigniew Kapiński, in it.

Let us recall that on the night from Friday to Saturday, Kapiński and President Karol Nawrocki arrived at the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal.

The authors of the statements emphasize that the Constitutional Tribunal is a judicial authority whose activities should be free from political pressure. As they emphasize, the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal should be decided by its judges, who are subject only to the Constitution.

The judges also point out that contacts of the first president of the Supreme Court with representatives of the executive power, including the President of the Republic of Poland, should be limited to cases strictly specified in the laws.

"We treat the convening of the General Assembly of Supreme Court judges on November 3, 2026 in order to adopt the planned resolution as an attempt to legitimize the violation of the above principles," wrote the signatories of the statements.