A letter to the police chief

Bogdan Święczkowski, president of the Constitutional Tribunal, wrote to the national police chief, General Marek Boroń. The letter is dated 22 October 2026 and was published on the Tribunal's website. It concerns police attempts to check the identity of judges and staff of the Tribunal, and to obtain explanations from them, in the area around the Tribunal's seat. According to the letter, judges and staff passed information about these attempts to Święczkowski.

Six points the Tribunal wants clarified

The letter asks the police to set out the legal basis for the actions and the specific circumstances that led officers to assume identities needed to be established. It also asks why the judges and staff were present at the building. Święczkowski wants to know whether the actions were linked to a particular intervention, an ongoing proceeding, a report or other police duties. He asks whether the officers acted on their own initiative, on orders from superiors, or at the request of another body.

The letter further requests information on how the actions were documented, including which police unit was responsible and whether official notes were prepared. It also asks for the scope and method of the actions against individual people, and the criteria the officers used when they tried to establish the identity of judges and staff. Reports describe six points of explanation in total, and the excerpts do not yet name the unit responsible.

“Actions by law enforcement agencies should remain free of arbitrariness, and their purpose, legal basis and factual justification must be subject to verification.”

Swięczkowski said that the situation of actions taken against people performing duties linked to a constitutional state body requires particular explanation. The Tribunal's statement, as quoted in the coverage, says that such actions must not be arbitrary and must not create unjustified pressure on people performing official duties.

Context of the dispute

Gazeta Prawna describes the letter as part of a political dispute around the Tribunal and refers to protests outside its seat. wPolityce links the attempts to tensions with the government of Donald Tusk and argues that the legal basis for them raises serious doubts. The coverage does not describe any charges or detentions linked to the identity checks.