Unrest erupted outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw after Bogdan Swieczkowski was suspended for spending six months blocking judges chosen by parliament from assuming their duties. Anna Korwin-Piotrowska has taken charge of the tribunal while Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek requested the removal of immunity for both Swieczkowski and his deputy. Officers entered the court grounds and detained three individuals after dangerous projectiles were launched from a crowd of demonstrators. President Karol Nawrocki, a Law and Justice ally who has refused to swear in parliamentary judicial nominees, cut short an official visit to Senegal to address the escalating crisis.
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk backed the judicial intervention as an essential measure to re…: Prime Minister Donald Tusk backed the judicial intervention as an essential measure to restore Poland's rule of law against political obstruction.
Law and Justice politicians strongly rejected the move, denouncing the court leader's sus…: Law and Justice politicians strongly rejected the move, denouncing the court leader's suspension as a criminal assault on the constitutional order.
President Karol Nawrocki aborted an official trip to Senegal to return home amid escalati…: President Karol Nawrocki aborted an official trip to Senegal to return home amid escalating clashes over the country's politicised judiciary.
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Judge’s suspension is part of a long dispute over politicisation of the Constitutional Tribunal under former government.
Polish police have been deployed outside the country’s top court after demonstrators gathered to protest the suspension of its head judge.
Police said on Friday they entered the premises of the Constitutional Tribunal after incidents outside the court, including objects being thrown at police.
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Protesters descended on the Warsaw court after it announced on Friday that its head, Bogdan Swieczkowski, had been suspended.
His suspension is related to a long-running dispute that has effectively paralysed the court.
Over the past six months, Swieczkowski used his power as head of the court to block judges elected by the current parliamentary majority from assuming their court duties.
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