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Polish MPs reject bid to oust justice minister

12.09.2019 12:06
Polish lawmakers have overwhelmingly rejected a bid to oust the country’s justice minister amid a protracted row over judicial changes.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro speaks in the Sejm, the lower house of Polands parliament, on Wednesday evening.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro speaks in the Sejm, the lower house of Poland's parliament, on Wednesday evening.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

A total of 240 MPs late on Wednesday voted to defeat a no-confidence motion put forward against Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro by the opposition.

Meanwhile, 174 deputies supported the motion, and seven abstained, state news agency PAP reported.

The motion had little chance of succeeding because the country’s governing conservatives hold a comfortable majority in parliament.

The vote came after a Polish deputy justice minister last month resigned amid claims that he masterminded a hate campaign against judges opposing controversial judicial reforms.

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Source: PAP