President proposes new method for electing judicial council members

Given the lack of agreement on a potential constitutional amendment at a meeting with four parliamentary groups on Monday afternoon, President Andrzej Duda suggested a modification to his original draft law on the National Judicial Council (KRS). According to the president's amended proposal, if the Sejm (lower house) fails to elect KRS members by a three-fifths majority, in the next stage every MP would be able to vote for one candidate only. In his original draft, if a three-fifths majority was not secured, the president would choose KRS members himself. However, this would require an amendment to Poland's constitution, which apparently seemed unlikely given the objections voiced by some parliamentarians.