The Supreme Court\u2019s Chamber of Professional Responsibility has rejected a motion to waive the immunity of disciplinary commissioner Piotr Schab, ruling that his public allegations against Judge Waldemar \u017burek were legally insufficient. <\/p>\n
The Internal Affairs Department of the National Prosecutor’s Office filed the motion to waive the immunity of Judge Piotr Schab. The case stemmed from a May 2022 press conference where Schab accused Waldemar \u017burek, a judge and current Minister of Justice, of falsifying the dates on court rulings.<\/p>\n
Schab alleged that during his tenure on the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) between 2012 and 2018, \u017burek committed forgery in at least 64 cases by misstating the dates of his judgments. Schab further claimed that KRS records showed \u017burek attended council meetings at the times he was supposedly issuing rulings in Krak\u00f3w.<\/p>\n
Waldemar \u017burek dismissed the accusations as a “political hollow shell” and an incompetent attempt to target him. He asserted that for years he has been targeted by disciplinary officials acting under the authority of former Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and denied ever falsifying document dates.<\/p>\n
\u017burek vowed to hold those responsible for the smear campaign accountable in court. Following an initial refusal by the prosecutor’s office, a court-ordered investigation led to proceedings in 2024, culminating in the immunity waiver request reaching the Supreme Court in early 2026.<\/p>\n
Judge Zbigniew Korzeniowski of the Supreme Court stated that while Schab “said too much” at the 2022 press conference, it did not warrant criminal charges. The court argued that as a civil law expert, Judge \u017burek\u2019s procedural inaccuracies regarding dates were not central to the validity of the rulings.<\/p>\n
The court noted that Schab, as a criminal law specialist, likely misunderstood the nuances of civil proceedings and the nature of such clerical errors. Schab defended his actions, maintaining that he was fulfilling his duty to inform the public and that he had not branded \u017burek a criminal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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