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Nawrocki enters Constitutional Court after scuffle: ‘Constitutional order violated’
Polish President Karol Nawrocki entered the Constitutional Court building after a scuffle at the entrance, following his return to Warsaw after cutting short his visit to Senegal. Nawrocki said he enabled suspended Vice President Sochański to enter and called on political parties to hold urgent consultations.
The crisis surrounding Poland’s Constitutional Court escalated when President Karol Nawrocki entered the court building late at night. Nawrocki, who returned to Warsaw after cutting short his visit to Senegal, entered the building after a scuffle at the entrance and described the incident as a “violation of the constitutional order.”
Polish media said Nawrocki arrived in Warsaw at around 10 p.m. local time, first went to the Presidential Palace and then proceeded to the Constitutional Court. The chief of the Presidential Chancellery confirmed that Nawrocki had entered the court. The Polish Press Agency PAP reported that the president remained in the building for several hours.
Scuffle at the entrance
A scuffle broke out at the entrance as the president entered the building. The footage shows Nawrocki and those accompanying him trying to enter amid pushing and shoving outside the door.
The sides are blaming each other for what happened. People close to the president claimed that an attempt had been made to prevent Nawrocki from entering the building, while those supporting the judges elected by Parliament argued that the president had chosen physical confrontation. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, who declared herself the court’s acting president, said those inside had prevented the General Assembly, which would include all judges, from convening.
He brought the suspended vice president inside
Nawrocki said, “I enabled the legally serving Vice President of the Constitutional Court to enter.” Korwin-Piotrowska had suspended Court President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice President Bartłomiej Sochański from their duties for one month.
The president claimed that the constitutional order of the Republic of Poland had been violated and that a constitutional state organ had been forcibly seized, calling for the “restoration of the legal order.” The court under Święczkowski also said that its website had been “illegally seized” and accused those responsible of committing the crime of a coup.
Urgent consultations with political parties
Nawrocki announced that he would hold an urgent consultation meeting with representatives of the political forces in Parliament on Saturday, citing a “threat to the internal security of the Republic of Poland.” The president also said he had spoken with First President of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński, who likewise did not consider the proceedings at the court lawful.
The government is standing by the move. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, “It is our duty to restore the rule of law,” while Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the work of the majority elected by Parliament had been obstructed and that action was needed to restore the court to working order.
The crisis stems from a deep dispute between the Tusk government, which does not recognize judges appointed during the PiS era, and President Nawrocki, who does not recognize the judges elected by Parliament in 2026.
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