Polish President Karol Nawrocki called urgent consultations on Saturday with representatives of parliamentary parties regarding the escalating dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal. He returned to Warsaw during a trip to Senegal and personally visited the tribunal's headquarters. The president stated that the goal of the talks is to stabilize the political situation and restore constitutional order. STVR (Minúta po minúte) ↗
The crisis erupted after judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska announced the suspension of the duties of tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy Bartłomiej Sochański. As the longest-serving judge, she subsequently took over the president's duties and ordered a halt to the tribunal leadership's activities. Protests were held in front of the building, and police intervened after demonstrators broke through the entrance gate. Three people were detained. SITA ↗
The government camp claims these are necessary steps to restore the rule of law. Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek simultaneously requested the lifting of immunity for both tribunal representatives. Opposition politicians speak of a forcible takeover of a state institution and of a constitutional crisis. Representatives of the Supreme Court and the American ambassador to Poland have also become involved in the dispute. forum24.cz ↗
Szymon Hołownia, leader of the Poland 2050 party, announced that his parliamentary caucus would take part in the presidential consultations. He called on the president and Prime Minister Donald Tusk to negotiate a solution to the situation that very Saturday. Further developments will depend on the outcome of the consultations and on whether the tribunal's functioning can be restored without further clashes. TVN24.pl ↗
Polish crisis over the Constitutional Tribunal escalates
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Poland's president returns as court crisis escalates
RTE News
| 08:41 31.10.
El presidente de Polonia regresa a su país en pleno vuelo a Senegal por una crisis en el Tribunal Constitucional
El Pais
| 21:48 30.10.
„Násilné převzetí orgánu státu.“ Nawrocki po nočním střetu u ústavního soudu svolal krizové jednání
forum24.cz
| 08:03 31.10.
Hołownia apeluje do premiera i prezydenta. "Nie pozwolimy wam uchylić się od odpowiedzialności"
TVN24.pl
| 10:36 31.10.
Jest pierwsza reakcja Szymona Hołowni w sprawie Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. Apeluje do prezydenta i premiera
Onet Wiadomosci
| 09:05 31.10.
Poľský prezident otočil lietadlo uprostred letu, spor o ústavný súd vyvolal chaos
SITA
| 08:02 31.10.
Zawieszony Święczkowski, prezydent w siedzibie TK, protesty przed gmachem. To wydarzył się w nocy
TVN24.pl
| 05:11 31.10.
Zmiana władzy w TK. Dwa kluczowe kroki. Wyjaśniamy
TVN24.pl
| 03:42 31.10.
Chaos przed TK. Zagraniczne media piszą o sytuacji w Polsce. "Sytuacja dramatycznie się zaostrza"
Onet Wiadomosci
| 22:35 30.10.
Chaos przed Trybunałem Konstytucyjnym. Na miejsce jedzie Bogdan Świeczkowski [RELACJA NA ŻYWO]
Onet Wiadomosci
| 19:35 30.10.
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