Justice Selection – Poland

Judge Piotr Gaciarek arrives for the third day of the general meeting of judges of the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, 12 May 2020. It is to select five candidates for the new First President of the Supreme Court, from among which Polish President Andrzej Duda will choose one. At the end of April this year the term of office of the previous First President of the Supreme Court Malgorzata Gersdorf has ended. Due to the threat of coronavirus, the assembly is held with security measures – its participants are divided into several Supreme Court rooms, between which there is an audiovisual connection. EPA-EFE/TOMASZ GZELL