President Karol Nawrocki called parliamentary group leaders to an urgent Saturday meeting, saying the suspension of Constitutional Tribunal head Bogdan Święczkowski amounted to a breach of Poland’s constitutional order.
Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered overnight outside the tribunal after the suspension was announced; police detained three people after some threw objects and tried to break through a security fence.
Nawrocki cut short a flight to Senegal, returned to Poland and went to the tribunal, where he said he helped the suspended court president enter the building amid the unrest.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government says Święczkowski repeatedly broke the law and obstructed the tribunal’s work, framing the move as part of its push to restore judicial independence after PiS-era changes.
The clash is set to deepen Poland’s long-running fight over control of top courts between Tusk’s pro-European coalition and the opposition PiS, whose judicial reforms previously triggered EU fines.