On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights passed a judgement in favour of Lech Wałęsa, stating that there are many irregularities in the Polish judicial system. The Court ruled for the erstwhile president of the Republic of Poland compensation of EUR 30 000.
It started with “Bolka”
The case afraid Lech Wałęsa's complaint, which came to the Court of Strasbourg in October 2022. The complaint afraid the annulment of a final court judgement in favour of Wałęsa in a civilian case for violation of individual rights against Krzysztof Wyszkowski. He accused him of violating his individual property. The suit was a reaction of Wałęsa to Vyszkowski's public statements of November 2005, in which he suggested that Wałęsa was a secret associate of the PRL safety Service under the pseudonym “Bolek”.
🔴Lech Walesa wins at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
🔴But what is most crucial about this substance – ETPCz felt that the judicial strategy in Poland was flawed, the main problem was the KRS, which resulted in further errors and ordered Poland to change the system.
— Maciej Sokołowski (@sokoIowski) November 23, 2023
In 2011, the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk obliged Wyszkowski to print an apology. Following Vyszkowski's complaint to the tribunal, the proceedings ended in 2021 erstwhile the Polish government made a unilateral declaration, admitting to violating the rights of the complainant.
There have been many violations.
Minister of Justice and lawyer General Zbigniew Ziobro lodged an extraordinary complaint with the ultimate Court's home of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs. The complaint afraid a final judgement in favour of Wałęsa. The Court concluded that Ziobro had “absorbed legal procedures” to accomplish its political objectives.
Poland has 3 times violated the laws of Lech Wałęsa guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights – the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg recognised on Thursday.
In the background, there was an extraordinary complaint by Zbigniew Ziobra on a favorable conviction for the legend of "Solidarity".
Ziobro... pic.twitter.com/jgFkTKJosA
— Bob57🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@Bobik57) November 23, 2023
Poland was obliged to take appropriate legislative measures to guarantee that its national legal order complies with the requirements of the independent and impartial court established by the Act and the rule of legal certainty. The pilot judgement procedure was besides applied to Poland, which means that any further case concerning fresh ultimate Court judges will be dealt with in a akin way.
