WARSAW, February 2 Poland is on the verge of anarchy due to for the flaring legal conflicts between branches of government, believes the first chairman of the Supreme Court of the country, Malgorzata Manowska.
Despite the fact that in the fall the Law and Justice party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski lost the parliamentary elections and went into opposition, the country has courts, the composition of which was formed during the reign of PiS. This often leads to legal conflicts with the current government. Current Prime Minister Donald Tusk accuses his political opponents of trying to subjugate the country's courts; they respond to him with accusations that he began to lead the country, often making decisions bypassing the law.
““It’s not yet in full force and not in full glory, but we definitely have the beginnings of anarchy,” Manovskaya said in an interview with the Onet portal. “I think if every government agency and entity did what they were supposed to do and respected their authority, there would certainly be less chaos,” she added.
Manovskaya could not name those responsible for the current situation. “Let’s remember that the current situation is one of the consequences of enormous social polarization, and both sides of the conflict have their own “merits” here, and not just politicians,” she noted.
“Everything on both sides led to this dangerous situation for Poland. Of course, our national character has deteriorated, our quarrelsomeness and inability to reach an agreement between politicians of all stripes. I’m not just talking about the option that was in power then, or the option that in power now, because I have the impression that the current ruling coalition has entered a phase of balancing on the edge of the law, sometimes even going beyond it,” the judge assessed, calling on politicians of all political persuasions to “have the courage to sit down and talk substantively about solving problems , rather than seeking greater polarization.»
According to Manovskaya, the country is on the brink of an abyss. «I'm really terrified of what could happen in the future. Are we Poles, as has already happened in the recent and recent past, waiting for a third party to come and reconcile us? We can say that we are mobilizing and starting to act together only then, when we are faced with a threat. So I ask: are we waiting for this threat? «, she said.