On Friday, the district court in
Lublin overturned the decision of the mayor of the Dorohusk Commune to ban the collection of
before crossing the border in this city. This means that starting Monday, transport workers
will again be able to protest at the entrance to the border with Ukraine, UNN reports with
with reference to Rmf24.
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Protest action of Polish
carriers at the border crossings in Dorohusk and Hrebenne (Lubelskie
Voivodeship) and Korczów (Podkarpackie Voivodeship) began on November 6.
On Monday, December 11,
Wojciech Sawa, the head of the Dorohusk Commune, canceled the permission to assemble at the
border crossing with Ukraine. The district court in Lublin has 30 days to
to consider the appeal of the protesting carriers in this case.
In turn, on Friday
the Court of Appeal considered the carriers' appeal against the mayor's decision to ban
a new meeting (scheduled for Monday, December 18), which the carriers
had requested on Tuesday. "The court ruled to cancel the decision of the mayor of
of December 13, 2023," said Judge Piotr Ring."
The district court found
that the mayor could not refuse the possibility of organizing a protest,
on the grounds of risk of significant property loss, as he did not
demonstrated specific possible losses. The court disagreed with this argument,
noting, among other things, that the protest was not intended to completely block the customs
clearance, but only to slow it down.
This means that on the night of
Sunday to Monday, the carriers may again protest at the
border, and they have announced that they will do so. The mayor can appeal the court's decision
within 24 hours, but it is the weekend and the justice system will not have time to
to consider a possible appeal.