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Poland The State Tribunal
The Jaruzelski regime created the State Tribunal in
1982, by
the same law that formed the Constitutional Tribunal, in
response
to instances of high official corruption in 1980. The
State
Tribunal passes judgment on the guilt or innocence of the
highest
office holders in the land accused of violating the
constitution
and laws. The body's twenty-seven members are appointed by
the
Sejm from outside its membership for a term coinciding
with that
of the Sejm. Judges in the State Tribunal are independent
and
bound only by the law. The chairperson of the State
Tribunal is
the president of the Supreme Court. As of mid-1992, the
State
Tribunal had never heard a case.
Data as of October 1992
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