On Monday evening, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed amendments to the law on judicial reform, thereby abolishing the so-called Disciplinary Chamber, a body that has drawn criticism from the EU for fears of control over the judiciary, Polish Radio reports..

The law signed by Duda provides that instead of the Disciplinary Chamber in the Supreme Court, a Professional Responsibility Chamber will be created, 11 members of which are appointed by the president from 33 judges of the Supreme Court. Members of the Disciplinary Chamber may resign or move to another chamber.

In addition, judges dismissed or stripped of their immunity by the Disciplinary Chamber will have the right to be reinstated in their positions within six months of the entry into force of the law..

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Earlier it was reported that the Russians are spreading a fake that Andrzej Duda is Ukrainian by origin. In Russia, they are trying to impose on local citizens the misconception that Mikhail Duda raised his “grandson” Andrzej “in the spirit of Nazism”.