Venice Commission delegates are coming to Poland Monday to meet Polish government and NGO officials over recent amendments to a law on the Polish Constitutional Tribunal.

Following the delegation's Monday-Tuesday visit the Venice Commission will prepare an opinion about the amended law requested by the Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski.

The European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission as it meets in Venice - is the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters.

Heading the delegation will be the Commission's Italian President Gianni Buquicchio, accompanying him will be Austrian Schnutz Rudolf Duerr, Head of the Constitutional Justice Division of the Secretariat of the Venice Commission, and rapporteurs Christoph Grabenwarter (Austria), Michael Frendo (Malta), Jean-Claude Scholsen (Belgium) and Kaarlo Tuori (Finland).

On Monday morning Gianni Buquicchio will meet with President Andrzej Duda, PAP was told by Marek Magierowski, the head of the president's press office. On Monday afternoon the delegation will meet with Minister Krzysztof Szczerski and Minister Anna Surowka-Pasek from the President's Office.

Also on Monday the delegation will meet with representatives of the Supreme Court and the National Council of the Judiciary as well as with the Sejm (lower house) and Senate speakers, MPs and senators.

On Tuesday the delegation will meet with representatives of the Justice Ministry and the Constitutional Tribunal as well as with the Ombudsman. Planned are also meetings with delegates of non-governmental organisations which in early December were first to ask the Commission for an opinion.

The delegation's conclusions from their Poland visit will be discussed at the Commission's next plenary session on March 11-12 in Venice.(PAP)

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