Nawrocki Accuses Tusk of Top Court Takeover After Judge Suspends Tribunal Chief
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Updated · Reuters · Oct 31
Nawrocki Accuses Tusk of Top Court Takeover After Judge Suspends Tribunal Chief
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Oct 31
Summary
Karol Nawrocki cut short an Africa trip and went to Poland's Constitutional Tribunal after judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski late Friday and declared herself acting head.
Several hundred protesters gathered outside the court under riot-police guard as Nawrocki called the move a breach of public order and demanded urgent political consultations.
Donald Tusk defended the government's course on X, saying decisive action was needed to restore the rule of law after the EU accused the previous Law and Justice administration of subverting it.
The clash deepens a judiciary standoff that has effectively paralysed the tribunal since 2015, with Tusk's coalition and the nationalist president refusing to recognise each other's judicial appointees.