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Президент Польщі заявив про силове захоплення трибуналу та скликав термінові консультації

First reported 2026-10-31 06:41 UTC · Updated 2026-10-31 13:51 UTC · 6 independent sources

What happened

Polish President Karol Nawrocki said overnight events at the Constitutional Tribunal amounted to a forcible seizure of the court and called urgent consultations with parliamentary parties.

Nawrocki is demanding that the security forces sent in by the government leave the building, Onet reported.

He cited a threat to internal security and said he wants to stabilise the political situation and restore constitutional order.

The tribunal's president Bogdan Święczkowski, who was not let inside, called the events a coup, according to Onet.

Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said the president and his people had left the building and that judges now occupy it.

The dispute began on 30 October, when judge Hanna Korwin-Piotrowska removed Święczkowski and his deputy Bartłomiej Sochański and called police, who surrounded the building.

Nawrocki's side and the opposition call this a coup, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government says it is restoring the rule of law.

“Overnight there was a breach of public order in Poland and a forcible seizure of a constitutional organ of the state.”

УНІАН · translated

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Who reported it

  1. 2026-10-31 06:41 UTCУНІАН · unian.ua ↗
  2. 2026-10-31 07:09 UTCУкраїнська правда · pravda.com.ua ↗
  3. 2026-10-31 07:14 UTCNV · nv.ua ↗
  4. 2026-10-31 07:34 UTCРадіо Свобода · radiosvoboda.org ↗
  5. 2026-10-31 07:56 UTCLB.ua · lb.ua ↗
  6. 2026-10-31 08:32 UTCУкрінформ · ukrinform.ua ↗
  7. 2026-10-31 09:17 UTCSvaboda · svaboda.org ↗

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