The largest party in the Polish parliament said Saturday it would ignore a Constitutional Tribunal ruling that has outlawed some of the legal reforms by the PiS.

The Law and Justice (PiS) party came to power in October. Since then, it has been under pressure from the European Union, Washington and other bodies.

The party has increased controls on Poland’s media and other institutions.

"We uphold the position that Poland's government cannot publish the statement of some of the constitutional court judges, which is not based on law," government spokesman Rafal Bochenek told a news conference.

On March 9, the top court of Poland dismissed as unconstitutional legislative reforms approved by the government in December 2015, saying the reforms would prevent the honest and proper functioning of the Constitutional Court by interfering in its independence and separation from other powers.

The government refused to publish the court ruling in an official journal which makes it binding, saying the Constitutional Tribunal judges had not followed the very legislation they were ruling on when they made their decision.

Bochenek’s comments came a day after the Venice Commission, an international human rights body, said Poland’s democracy is threatened by the government’s moves that have crippled the constitutional court. It said refusing to publish the judgment would be "contrary to the rule of law" and would "further deepen the constitutional crisis."

The government would ask the parliament to review the Venice Commission's recommendation, but it will not recognize the court's verdict, Bochenek stated.

While the opinion of the Venice Commission is non-binding for Poland, it will carry weight at the EU Commission, which has begun a process to monitor the rule of law in Poland that could end up in Warsaw being suspended from voting in the European Union. The commission said it would review the Venice Commission’s opinion in April.

Meanwhile, a group of demonstrators chanting "Constitution!" gathered on Saturday in front of the Constitutional Tribunal in protest against the dispute between the government and the top court.

The protest in Warsaw, organized by the opposition Modern party, was to show support for the tribunal and to urge the PiS to roll back on its reforms.