Poland's Constitutional Crisis Explodes As Police Surround Top Court
\n\nPoland has been plunged into an unprecedented political and constitutional crisis after heavily armed police units cordoned off the headquarters of the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw on Friday night, escalating an already bitter power struggle between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki.
\n\nA de facto power struggle has erupted within one of Poland's most important state institutions, with the outcome of the confrontation remaining uncertain. Police officers cordoned off the Tribunal's premises, although they did not enter the building. A significant number of officers were deployed in the surrounding area.
\n\nThe police were called by Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, who cited a potential threat to the safety of judges and staff.
\n\nThe confrontation escalated after Korwin-Piotrowska suspended Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, for one month, temporarily taking charge of the institution herself.
\n\nAccording to reports by Poland's official news agency PAP, the suspensions were linked to allegations that the two officials had improperly discharged their duties and prevented legally appointed judges, including Korwin-Piotrowska, from joining the Tribunal's work.
\n\nThe officials' profiles subsequently disappeared from the court's website.
\n\nThe Constitutional Tribunal responded on social media by…
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