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Polish presidency holds Tusk responsible for attack on Constitutional Court
As police continue to surround the Constitutional Court in Warsaw, President Nawrocki’s office held Prime Minister Tusk personally responsible for the “attack” on the court. A crowd carrying Polish flags continues to wait outside the court.
The crisis between Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki over the Constitutional Court is deepening. In a statement, the presidency said, "Prime Minister Donald Tusk is personally responsible for the attack on the Constitutional Court."
Police continued to surround the court building in the capital Warsaw on Nov. 1. A crowd holding Polish flags and riot police faced each other outside the building.
How did the crisis begin?
The crisis began on the evening of Oct. 30, when the court’s most senior judge, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, suspended Constitutional Court President Bogdan Swieczkowski and his deputy, Bartlomiej Sochanski, from their duties for one month. As police set up a cordon around the building, prosecutors moved to lift the judges’ immunity. Nawrocki, who was traveling to Senegal, changed his plane’s route, came to the court and entered the building through the judges standing at the entrance.
Neither side is backing down
While Nawrocki described the events as “the forcible takeover of a constitutional body,” Tusk said they would not abandon efforts to restore the court’s independence and that there could be no compromise on some issues. On Oct. 31, Nawrocki had invited opposition and coalition parties to an emergency consultation at the Presidential Palace.
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