Tusk Moves to Take over Constitutional Court by Force
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The dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal has entered a new phase. Maciej Berek took the oath of office as a Constitutional Tribunal judge in the Sejm. Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski prevented him from adjudicating. Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek announced further action, while President Karol Nawrocki canceled a foreign visit. Here's what you should know about the Constitutional Tribunal.
The political conflict over the independence of the Polish judiciary increased with the appointment of Maciej Berek as judge of the Constitutional Court. Berek took the oath this morning without President Nawrocki present. The appointment led to protests in front of the court in the capital Warsaw. Berek's swearing-in is part of a years-long political struggle over the independence of the Polish judiciary. The Polish parliament, where the govern…
We are now moving steadily forward and not retreating, say those in the ruling coalition. On Wednesday morning, Judge Maciej Berek took the oath of office in the Sejm. The PiS leader: "This is a coup d'état."
It's a political game – this is what Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty says in Radio Szczecin's "Tie Talks" about the fight for the Constitutional Tribunal. President Karol Nawrocki and the Law and Justice party refuse to recognize the legality of Maciej Berek's oath as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal. The Polish president did not attend the event. According to Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Berek's appointment is an attempt to restore normalcy …
Unfortunately, this is a policy conducted at the expense of the state. A very short-sighted policy, the mode of which is to violate our constitutional system. Therefore, the Polish state, the constitutional system, and even the political system itself are simply being sacrificed to current political needs," said Judge Piotr Schab, a judge of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, on the "Polish Point of View" program on TV Trwam, referring to current ev…
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