Polish president turns back from Senegal trip as top court chief suspended
Riot police guarded the court as 3 people were detained and the government moved to strip the tribunal chief’s immunity, 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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The President of the Polish Republic, nationalist Karol Nawrocki, announced that he would stop the trip to Senegal, where he was on official visit, and would return urgently to Warsaw.
The President of Poland, Karol Navroskski, stated that he was interrupting his visit to Senegal because of the crisis of the leadership of the Polish Constitutional Court." At that time, the President should be in Poland.
Polish authorities have deployed a police cordon around the Constitutional Court building in Warsaw following incidents sparked by the alleged suspension of the court's president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and his vice president, although the Constitutional Court itself maintains that they remain in office. The riots have led to three arrests and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who was on his way to an official visit to Senegal, has announced his im…
The suspension of the President of the Constitutional Court aggravates the Polish institutional crisis, which contrasts the government of Donald Tusk with the head of state Karol Nawrocki. The Court denounces a ... State coup, while the police surround the headquarters in Warsaw and the president interrupts the visit to Senegal to return home. The article Poland in chaos, the Constitutional Court speaks of a coup d'état... comes from The Truth.
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