Polish Court Bars Lawmakers From Probing Central Bank Head
- Ruling coalition has sought to probe central bank governor
- Poland in turmoil as government reverses judiciary overhaul
Adam Glapinski
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Poland’s top constitutional court, dominated by judges appointed by the former ruling nationalist, quashed plans by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government to try the central bank governor in the latest blow to the new pro-European administration.
Lawmakers can’t suspend Governor Adam Glapinski under parliament’s current rules and would need to pass a law requiring a three-fifths majority for a motion to pass, the same threshold as for cabinet members, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday.