The prosecution in the new Act of Parliament dated back to 2016

An experiment with the subjection of the prosecution to the executive. The article proves that the prosecution as an non-constitutional authority is subjected to political influences. The author presents the subordination of the prosecution in Poland and other European Union countries. The author indicates that the 2010 reform of the prosecution as well as the disengagement of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice offices has not produced the expected results, since the reform of the prosecution has not been completed. The reform not only failed to strengthened the position of the Attorney General but it has weakened one’s prerogatives. The aforementioned Act of Parliament brought many of the provisions, which on one hand are a contribution to the independence of the prosecutor’s office, and on the other hand, are a tool of control over the prosecution (article 10e and 10f), making the prosecution’s independence illusory. Therefore, according to the author, the new regulations should be given a chance, despite concerns. The aim of the implementation the 2016 Act of Parliament is to provide recovery of strong position by the Attorney General against both the subordinate prosecutors, as well as external bodies.

Some comments in the matter of deconstitutionalisation of public prosecutor’s office

The article is an attempt to show that reasons of deconstitutionalisation of public prosecutor’s office are not obsolete. The author argues, that the omission regulations of public prosecution’s office in the Constitution of the Poland Republic was caused by the adoption of the concept of personal junction Attorney General and Minister of Justice, which could not be reconciled with the postulate of the independence of the prosecutors. The article presents the impact of the adoption of the concept of personal union of Attorney General and Minister of Justice on the course of parliamentary work on the assumption of the Constitution, in relation to the prosecutor’s office. The author concludes that the current model of the prosecutor’s office – establishing the separation of function Attorney General from posi- tion of Minister of Justice – does not justify the continuation of the state deconstitutionalisation of this institution. The lack of constitutional responsibility for the actions of the Attorney General and the incompleteness of the model prosecutor’s office as an agency of legal protection make, that the stipulation of constitutionalisation of public prosecutor’s office seems to be indispensable, although with regard for the current political situation, it is difficult to implement.