Poland's president accuses Tusk of forced takeover of country's top court
The dispute escalated after the tribunal suspended its president, deepening a fight over judicial appointments and rule of law reforms.
- On Saturday, Polish President Karol Nawrocki accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of staging a forced takeover of the Constitutional Tribunal after the court's president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, was suspended late Friday.
- The long-running political dispute dates back to 2015, when the Law and Justice party sought to appoint judges to seats already filled by the previous government.
- Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, the Constitutional Tribunal's longest-serving judge, suspended Swieczkowski late Friday and assumed control of the court following the president's removal.
- Nawrocki called for urgent political consultations, while Tusk defended his government's actions as necessary to restore the rule of law, stating "there is no other way."
- Both the pro-European government and the nationalist president refuse to recognize appointees put forward by the opposing side, effectively paralyzing the Constitutional Tribunal.
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday of orchestrating a forced takeover of the constitutional court, according to Reuters. Friday evening, the Constitutional Court announced that Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended Bogdan Swieczkowski, the body's president, and that she took over the leadership of the court. This move amplified tensions between Nawrocki, ally ...
The power struggle for Poland's Constitutional Court reaches diplomacy: two ambassadors resign. President Nawrocki considers the dispute a threat to national security, former President Walesa supports Tusk.
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Poland’s president accuses Tusk of forced takeover of country’s top court
WARSAW, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Saturday accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of staging a forced takeover of the country's top court after the head of the court, an ally of the previous far right government, was suspended....
In Poland the clash between nationalists and Europeanists has turned into a new institutional crisis that directly involves the President of the Republic Karol Nawrocki... The article Poland in the institutional crisis: clash between Karol Nawrocki and Donald Tusk on the Constitutional Court comes from Bigodino.
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