29 November 2022: Judge Igor Tuleya was reinstated by the judges: Wiesław Kozielewicz, Dariusz Kala, and Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek of the new Chamber of Professional Liability of the Supreme Court (IOZ). The IOZ did not agree to forcibly bring the judge to a prosecution.
The suspension of the judge lasted 741 days.
Maria Ejchart-Dubois on the decision of the IOZ regarding Judge Tuleya (TVN24):
“First of all, the IOZ has ruled ex officio that the suspension of Judge Tuleya was wrong. Judge Tuleya did not commit a crime, and therefore there is no reason to lift his immunity (…). The issue of detention and reduction of his salary are, so to speak, secondary. The IOZ has also commented on this issue. Of course, there will be no detention of Judge Tuleya. (…)
There are still two suspended judges: Judge Piotr Gąciarek and Judge Maciej Ferek. Of course we also expect rulings in their cases, but […] the IOZ is composed of 11 judges (6 of them are neo-judges). Today, the legal judges of the Supreme Court ruled. We do not know which members of the IOZ will be making further decisions. I assume that further verdicts will be determinated by the composition of the IOZ. (…) Our judicial system in Poland is being destroyed. For more than two years, Judge Tuleya has been illegally suspended. Judge Ferek has not ruled for a year, and Judge Gąciarek has not ruled for over a year. This means that the unlawful decisions of the illegal court have real impact on people’s lives. (…) There are two paralell realities. There is law, and there is lawlesness. These decisions to remove judges from adjudication were unlawful.”
On 30 November 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Judge Igor Tuleya came back to work to the Warsaw District Court. By the decision of the President of the Court, he had been reinstated to adjudicatation under the previous conditions.
Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram on Twitter:
Judge Tuleya’s reinstatement is undoubtedly a victory of civil resistance and a sign that we can fight back against the oppression of the power. Morally the victory is huge, but systemically it is only one, tiny step towards restoring the rule of law. There is still a long march ahead”