(ANSA) - WARSAW - OCT. 28 - The government in Warsaw has rejected the European Union recommendations on the protection of the rule of law in Poland because it ''sees no legal possibility to implement them''. Polish news agency PAP reported that the response to the EC letter dating back to July 27 was sent to Brussels yesterday, exactly when the 3-month time allowed by the EU rules expired.

The document argues that the Commission's recommendations ''are based on the ill thesis'' that the ''Constitutional Court has a prominent role in ''ensuring the rule of law''.

Poland is the first country to undergo the Eu's monitoring procedure on the rule of law. The measure was taken after the president of the republic and the government, both members of the populist party ''Law and Justice'' (Pis), elected a year ago, did not recognize the judges of the Constitutional Court elected by the previous parliament. (ANSA).