Poland's ruling coalition wants the central bank chief tried in court over hurting state interests

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Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition have launched a rare process to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country’s financial interests

WARSAW, Poland — Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition launched a rare process Tuesday to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country's financial interests. The result could ban him from political life.

Critics of the effort suggested that the ruling coalition was going too far in its attempts to reverse the actions of Poland's previous right-wing government, which were widely seen as undemocratic, and hold those responsible to account.

The coalition, which came to power in December and is led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, filed the motion at the parliament office to bring National Bank of Poland chief Adam Glapiński before the State Tribunal, which is tasked with trying top state officials. The lengthy procedure could strip Glapiński of his post and get him banned from all state positions.

One of the motion's authors, Tomasz Trela, called Glapiński the “worst head of the National Bank of Poland since 1989,” when Poland shed communist rule. Trela alleged that Glapiński turned the bank into a political and campaigning tool of the previous government.

A bank board member, Pawel Szalamacha, called the motion an “attempt at breaking the independence of the central bank” and said it would lead to the “fracturing of the foundations of the Polish state and of its economy.”

Glapiński was appointed in 2016 by the then-ruling conservative Law and Justice party and is currently in his second term. The allegations against him include unlawful funding