Polish president turns back from Senegal trip as top court chief suspended
- On Friday, Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short a flight to Senegal and returned to Warsaw after a government-backed judge suspended Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Zwięczkowski. Police secured the court grounds as the standoff escalated.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government defends the suspension as necessary to "restore the rule of law" after years of what Tusk termed "lawlessness" under the previous Law and Justice administration. The move follows months of judicial deadlock.
- Riot police blocked access to the Constitutional Tribunal as protesters chanting "Tusk traitor" attempted to breach security fences. Police detained three people after demonstrators launched "dangerous projectiles" at officers during Friday evening's confrontation.
- Following his return, Nawrocki entered the Constitutional Tribunal to meet senior judges, while opposition leaders and court officials denounced the government's actions as an unlawful "coup d'etat." Poland's ambassadors to China and Romania submitted resignations amid the confrontation.
- Disagreements over the legal basis for suspension—which cited "overriding constitutional necessity"—underscore the deepening paralysis of the Constitutional Tribunal. This standoff raises urgent questions about Poland's constitutional stability as political tensions reach a critical breaking point.
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