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The opinion concerns the compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of the parliamentary draft act – Provisions Introducing the Act on the Constitutional Tribunal (ver. no. 254/X Term). The text focuses on the proposed regulations concerning the effects of rulings issued by the Constitutional Tribunal with the participation of persons not authorised to adjudicate. In this regard, it points out that declaring such rulings invalid could lead to consequences threatening legal certainty of the law and thus violate Article 2 of the Polish Constitution. The opinion also highlights the inconsistency with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of the solutions envisages in the draft, resulting in the termination of the terms of office of the President and Vice President of the Constitutional Tribunal and allowing for arbitrary termination of employment relationships of current staff members of the Tribunal’s Chancellery and the Tribunal’s Legal Service Office.