Judiciary accuses government of seeking to manipulate justice

"Ministers and MPs daily level unfounded accusations against judges and prosecutors for supposed biased decisions and the existence of ulterior motives that aim to obstruct the government's work. They are attempting to erode justice's prestige so that they can control it more easily and present themselves as the only defenders of legality and those that 'genuinely express the common interest'," the announcement said.
In this they were following the examples of Turkey and Poland, whose governments were abolishing the independence of justice, either by directly persecuting members of the judiciary or through shameless legislation, the announcement said.
Enlisted in the attempt to control and subjugate justice were the "dirtiest mechanisms" at the disposal of the state, the announcement added. Among these were "the deep state of the thankfully very few willing 'journalists/ pen-mercenaries and their followers, often hiding behind 'asylum' and privileges and remain in the background, sometimes using the parliamentary podium for convenient monologues".
Noting that the union's own vice-president has been targeted by these circles since Saturday, the union underlined that "our union will do its duty, which is to defend a free judicial morale and constitutional normality at any cost, without fearing this kind of pressure."