The move comes after President Karol Nawrocki vetoed legislation that would have allowed judges themselves to elect the council's 15 judicial members.
Under current rules, those seats are filled by parliament – a procedure the governing coalition says it is now obliged to follow.
The resolution, backed by the four coalition parties – Civic Coalition, the Polish People's Party (PSL), Poland 2050 and New Left – also asks that candidates reflect the full range of court types across the country.
Opposition parties Law and Justice (PiS) and Konfederacja voted against, with critics arguing the resolution amounts to direct parliamentary instruction over how judges should be chosen.
The Sejm also declared its intention to pursue further legislation to bring the rules governing the KRS fully in line with the constitution.
The council was overhauled by the previous Law and Justice (PiS) government in 2018, placing the selection of its judicial members in the hands of parliament rather than the judiciary itself.
That change has been found by Polish and European courts to undermine judicial independence, and "freeing the council from political influence" was a central pledge of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's coalition when it took power in December 2023.
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Source: PAP