Polish president turns back from Senegal trip as top court chief suspended
Police detained 3 protesters as officers secured the court after judges suspended its president and the president turned back from Senegal, officials said.
- On Friday, Polish President Karol Nawrocki turned his plane back from Senegal, stating "At a moment like this, the President must be in Poland" after police entered the Constitutional Tribunal and suspended its leadership.
- Earlier this year, gridlock over judicial appointments paralyzed the Constitutional Tribunal when Nawrocki refused to swear in parliament-nominated judges while Bogdan Swieczkowski blocked others from assuming their duties.
- Police entered the Constitutional Tribunal on Friday following incidents involving thrown objects at officers, while the court's website announced around 6 p.m. the suspension of Swieczkowski and detained three protesters.
- Prime Minister Tusk defended the operation, writing "Restoring the rule of law is our obligation," while former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro called it a "blatant, criminal attack on the constitutional order."
- The Constitutional Tribunal has been a major point of contention between the current pro-European government and opposition PiS, with critics accusing the former government of imposing political control over judicial institutions.
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Polish President Carol Navrotsky stopped his visit to Senegal and decided to return to his country, against the backdrop of developments in the Constitutional Court of Warsaw, which coincided with the deployment of police around his headquarters.
The riot police deployed in court after several people in a rally will attempt to break into the compound. The country’s president, Karol Nawrok, showed up at the protest and managed to access the buildingThousands of women protest in Poland over the right to abortion and against the Tusk government: “We are fed up with promises” The Polish police have deployed a strong operation on Friday around the Warsaw Constitutional Court building, followi…
Photo: Gov.pl, CC BY 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons) Chaos in Poland. President Karol Nawrocki cut short his official visit to Senegal and returned to Warsaw in the middle of the night, where he the Constitutional Court …
The struggle between Tusk's centre-left government and President Nawrocki's right-wing camp is sharpening.
On Friday evening and overnight, one of the most serious escalations of the constitutional crisis so far took place in front of the seat of the Polish Constitutional Court. The government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, with the help of police units, tried to take control of the court, suspend its legitimate president Bogdan Święczkowski and vice president Bartłomie Sochański, and thereby carry out what the court itself, the opposition, and numer…
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