New Polish Constitutional Tribunal judge elected

Bartlomiej Sochanski was elected by the Sejm, lower house, as a new judge to Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK), in a Monday vote of 234 for, 223 against and two abstentions. Sochanski will replace judge Grzegorz Jedrejek, who died in late January. Earlier on Monday, the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Human Rights gave a positive opinion of the candidate put forward by the ruling party law and Justice (PiS).