Poland Tribunal Clash Draws 3 Resignations as Tusk Faces Power-Grab Accusations

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 2

Three Polish ambassadors have resigned in protest after a judge suspended Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy for one month, deepening a confrontation between President Karol Nawrocki and Donald Tusk’s government.
Friday night’s standoff outside the tribunal drew riot police, protesters and three detentions, while Nawrocki turned his plane around and returned to Warsaw as critics cast the move as an unconstitutional seizure of power.
Tusk says the suspension is part of restoring the rule of law and argues Nawrocki and the tribunal have blocked judges legally elected by parliament from taking office.
European institutions have largely backed parliament’s authority to appoint judges, but the dispute has split foreign voices, with U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose urging restraint and Marine Le Pen accusing Brussels of a double standard.
The clash sits atop a decade-old struggle over Poland’s compromised constitutional court, and with parliamentary elections a year away, the fight over who defines legality could shape the country’s political order.