Polish president turns back from Senegal trip as top court chief suspended
Police detained 3 people as the tribunal’s leadership dispute escalated, and President Karol Nawrocki cut short his Senegal trip, 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 police mobilized in Warsaw to the Constitutional Court, which is considered the target of a "State coup", after the announcement of the suspension of the president of that institution, at the center of a confrontation between the nationalist right and the current centrist government
Chaos has erupted at Poland's Constitutional Court. Protesters have broken into the building, objects have been thrown at police – and President Karol Nawrocki had to turn his plane around in mid-air. – Restoring the rule of law is our duty, writes Prime Minister Donald Tusk on X.
Tusk 'coup' as police invade top Polish court
Polish PM Donald Tusk has been accused of mounting a coup, after Polish police seized and occupied the country’s ‘Constitutional Tribunal’, Poland’s body that decides the application of its constitution. In an X post this evening, 30 October 2026, Tusk blamed right-wing party PiS and claimed he had no other choice: Restoring the rule of law is our duty. After years of PiS-led lawlessness, this is a difficult process, sometimes painful, and it r…
Police officers secure the courthouse, the president cancels a trip abroad: in Poland, the conflict over the control of the Constitutional Court is escalating.
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