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Can Poland's top court work with two rival benches claiming its seats?
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Last Friday, riot police ringed the tribunal in Warsaw as Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended its president and vice president for one month. Bogdan Święczkowski calls it a coup d'etat.
Warsaw
The court has 15 judges. On Tuesday eight attended, all chosen by the current majority. Law professor Marcin Matczak warns that a lowered quorum opens a Pandora's box.
15
= 1 judge
The assembly passed the budget. Korwin-Piotrowska says Today we secured the functioning of the Tribunal for 2027. Nawrocki calls Tusk's move a crime against the Constitution.
“Today we secured the functioning of the Tribunal for 2027.”
On Tuesday, 3 November the assembly sat without the suspended pair. Nawrocki gave Tusk until 11 November to change course.
- 3 NovemberAssembly sits without suspended pair
- 11 NovemberComing upNawrocki's deadline for Tusk
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Poland's Tusk and Nawrocki agree to meet as rival Constitutional Tribunal assemblies clashRead the article
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- eldiario.esA plane turning around, police siege and a president pushing his way in: keys to the battle for the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland
- TVP InfoAnna Korwin-Piotrowska: we have secured the functioning of the Tribunal for 2027
- Notícias ao MinutoPolish Constitutional Tribunal holds assembly after police invade its facilities
- EL PAÍSTusk and Nawrocki agree to meet face to face to address the Constitutional Tribunal crisis
- polsatnews.plA precedent that will backfire. Expert on the assembly at the Constitutional Tribunal
- wpolityce.plA knife in the heart of Tusk! Matczak bluntly about the farce at the Constitutional Tribunal