Poland’s Duda Says Seven Judges Must Quit in Court Overhaul

Poland’s Duda Says Seven Judges Must Quit in Court Overhaul
Polish President Andrzej Duda looks on during his announcement at Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland on Aug. 16, 2018. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
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WARSAW—Seven Polish Supreme Court judges seeking to work past retirement age will have to step down, according to a decision by President Andrzej Duda on Sept. 11.

The decision by Duda, to allow five out of 12 Supreme Court judges who wanted to stay on to keep their posts, meant in effect that the remaining seven could no longer stay on, presidential aide Pawel Mucha told state news agency PAP.