CBA law is ‘unconstitutional’, says Constitutional Tribune

26th June 2009

The legal act governing the activities of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) is unlawful, the Constitutional Tribunal ruled this week.


According to the Court, the Act that established the CBA included an unconstitutional definition of corruption. This, says constitutional law professor Ewa Letowska, has been a convenient loophole allowing, among other things, tapping of phones without specific and legally justified reasons.

“Special Services cannot have the unreserved right to listen in on anyone they wish,” the Tribunal ruled on Tuesday, adding “There must also be insight into information gathered by the CBA as well as strict control over discarded data which the Bureau de ...