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An unprecedented scandal surrounding a Polish governmental fund established to aid crime victims highlights the role of civil servants in authoritarian state capture. In the country where judges valiantly espoused the militant-rule-of-law stance towards democratic backsliding of 2015-2023, career public administrators were noticeably more passive in the face of collapsing constitutional order. The revelations surrounding the Justice Fund show broad levels of bureaucratic acquiescence with shocking abuses of power, and only belated effort to document and report these abuses. The Polish case shows it is time to open a discussion about the need for a democratically militant public administration – the new vision of civil service better prepared to fend off authoritarian encroachment from elected politicians.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Blog Post |
| Publisher | Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional |
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| State | Published - 6 Jun 2024 |
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