Poland’s Constitutional Circus: When Everybody Claims to Be Saving Democracy
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Police keep tribunal gates closed to Bogdan Swieczkowski, 3 other judges as dispute over his suspension continues
Poland’s Constitutional Circus: When Everybody Claims to Be Saving Democracy
Poland is tearing itself apart, and this time neither Germany nor Russia is responsible. Conservatives and liberals are battling over constitutional authority, judicial control, and who gets to claim they're saving democracy. Meanwhile, NATO's eastern flank sits exposed to political dysfunction, Washington wants permanent military bases, and Moscow watches the circus with popcorn. Poland isn't facing civil war—yet—but history reminds us that rep…
President Bogdan Święczkowski made another attempt to enter the Constitutional Tribunal. He was prevented from entering by police.
The president's nighttime entrance to the Constitutional Tribunal should not have been like this, First President of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński told TVN24. He noted that the police should have stood aside. The Supreme Court chief also agreed with the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling from over a decade ago regarding so-called understudy judges.
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