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Poles trust police, but not courts: study

01.10.2019 18:30
Three in four Poles believe the police are doing a good job, according to a new survey.
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But pollster CBOS found that only 31 percent of Poles think the country’s courts work well, while 42 percent voiced criticism.

And only 30 percent believe the prosecution service is working well, while 38 percent are critical of it, according to the survey.

After coming to power in late 2015, Poland's conservative governing Law and Justice party has launched sweeping changes to reform what it has described an inefficient and sometimes corrupt judicial system tainted by the communist past.

The changes have brought Poland into conflict with the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, which has argued that new rules have undermined the independence of Polish judges.

The CBOS study was conducted using computer-assisted personal interviewing on September 12-19, on a representative, random sample of 990 Polish adults.

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Source: PAP