# New government replaces senior prosecutors

Date: 2024

In January 2024 the new majority moved to replace the national prosecutor and related posts. PiS called it illegal; the government called it reversing politicisation. Personnel change is a completed executive act.

## People

- Donald Tusk: https://factrail.ai/people/donald-tusk

## Drivers

- Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-replace-prosecutors-2024-01-12/
- https://www.gov.pl/web/sprawiedliwosc

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/pl-prosecutor-purge-2024