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En Pologne, le président du Tribunal constitutionnel écarté, la police déployée à Varsovie

First reported 2026-10-30 20:12 UTC · Updated 2026-10-30 22:52 UTC · 8 independent sources

What happened

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy were suspended on Friday, and police were deployed outside the court in Warsaw as protesters gathered.

The suspension order, signed by judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, appeared on the court's website; the tribunal's X account called it an unlawful seizure of the site and a coup.

Police said they acted on reports of possible threats to judges and staff, and detained three people who entered the fenced grounds.

Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek sent the tribunal five requests to lift immunity, four for Święczkowski and one for his deputy Bartosz Sochański, according to Ukrinform.

President Karol Nawrocki cut short a trip to Senegal and is returning to Poland, saying the president must be in the country at such a moment.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government denies the tribunal's legitimacy because it includes judges appointed under the previous Law and Justice government; Nawrocki has refused to swear in three judges chosen by the current parliament.

“Restoring the rule of law is our duty.”

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Who reported it

  1. 2026-10-30 20:12 UTCLe Monde · lemonde.fr ↗
  2. 2026-10-30 20:26 UTCNV · nv.ua ↗
  3. 2026-10-30 20:39 UTCLB.ua · lb.ua ↗
  4. 2026-10-30 21:05 UTCMeduza · meduza.io ↗
  5. 2026-10-30 21:08 UTCУкрінформ · ukrinform.ua ↗
  6. 2026-10-30 21:34 UTCУНІАН · unian.ua ↗
  7. 2026-10-30 21:34 UTCРадіо Свобода · radiosvoboda.org ↗
  8. 2026-10-30 21:53 UTCУкраїнська правда · pravda.com.ua ↗

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