Poland Constitutional Tribunal dispute

Tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski rejects acting head Anna Korwin-Piotrowska's authority, calling it a 'coup d'etat', Politico reports.

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Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Mateusz Morawiecki have joined a protest outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, according to Rzeczpospolita and RMF24.

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Bogdan Swieczkowski, suspended as Constitutional Tribunal president, has entered the court grounds, Rzeczpospolita reports. Police have not let him into the building.

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Bogdan Swieczkowski, suspended as court president, is outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw and has not yet gained entry, Niezalezna reports.

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Acting Constitutional Tribunal head Anna Korwin-Piotrowska says only seven judges, including herself, are now in the court's building in Warsaw.

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Anna Korwin-Piotrowska is acting head of the Constitutional Tribunal and has suspended president Bogdan Swieczkowski and deputy Bartlomiej Sochanski for a month, TVP Info reports.

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Prime Minister Donald Tusk says restoring the rule of law is the government's duty, in a post on X after police entered the Constitutional Tribunal grounds.

Correction: police on the tribunal grounds, not in the building

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The Constitutional Tribunal says its website was illegally seized and its leadership stays in office, while police detained three people who climbed the fence onto the court grounds, per pb.pl.

Correction: those detained entered the grounds, not the building

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Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek says he has filed five requests to lift judges' immunities, including acting president Bogdan Swieczkowski's.

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President Karol Nawrocki says he has cancelled his visit to Senegal and is returning to Poland amid the Constitutional Tribunal dispute.

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Police enter the grounds of the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw after a judge announces the suspension of court president Bogdan Swieczkowski. Police say officers did not enter the building.

Correction: police on the tribunal grounds, not in the building

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