Polish president turns back from Senegal trip as top court chief suspended
Police detained three protesters after the tribunal suspended its chief and Nawrocki cut short a Senegal trip, deepening Poland’s judicial standoff.
- 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 political and constitutional crisis in Poland has escalated sharply since the temporary suspension of the President of the Constitutional Court, Bogdan Świnęczkowski, and his deputy, Bartołemy Sochanski, was announced on October 30. The measure is for one month. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska said she was taking over the temporary leadership of the institution. According to data quoted by Polish media, she referred to a provision according to …
At the fence of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, the castle on the gate is being cut off, the president interrupts a foreign flight, and the two camps are arguing about the right to preside over a single court, with 15 judicial seats, hundreds of pending cases and an unapproved budget, and the meeting on 3 November will show whether the opponents are able to move from recriminations to the work of a state institution.
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