Czarnek to Tusk: The solution is simple. You resign and the nation decides

Donald Tusk: Karol Nawrocki chooses violent confrontation

Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke again on Monday regarding the confusion surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal.

"The resolution of the conflict is simple and possible without changes to the Constitution. The President recognizes the judges legally elected by the Sejm, because this is what the Constitution provides, and they take up their duties in the Tribunal. For now, Karol Nawrocki is choosing a violent confrontation, which may cost Poland a lot," wrote Tusk on the X platform.

"A democratic state of law cannot give way to violence, no matter how powerful external forces support the attack of PiS, Confederation, Braun and Nawrocki. And it will not give way," the Prime Minister added.

Czarnek: Please start with yourself, Mr. Tusk

The vice-president of PiS, Przemysław Czarnek, reacted to the prime minister's entry. "The solution to the conflict is very simple. You resign, the President calls new elections and the people decide. Simple? And this is just pulling the wool over our eyes," the PiS candidate for the future prime minister said to Tusk.

"The law will win over violence? Then please start with yourself, Mr. Tusk! Force cannot replace the law, and the political will of the Prime Minister is not above the Constitution!" - he added in a post on X.

"There is no consent to take over state institutions by force. You will not intimidate us and we will not give up!" - Czarnek said.

Crisis in the Constitutional Tribunal

The crisis in the Constitutional Tribunal occurred after the suspension of the activities of the President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański, announced on Friday on the Constitutional Tribunal's website. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, elected by the current Sejm, was announced as the person in charge of the Tribunal's work.

Due to these events, on Friday evening, President Nawrocki interrupted his flight to Senegal and arrived at the Constitutional Tribunal's headquarters at night. The media published recordings showing his entry into the building and the dispute between the president's representatives and the judges of the Tribunal elected by the current Sejm.

After leaving the Constitutional Tribunal, Nawrocki announced the calling of urgent consultations with the participation of parliamentary forces, arguing that the constitutional order had been violated. In turn, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that "restoring the rule of law is our duty."

On Saturday evening, Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivered a speech, saying, among other things, that "the attack on the Constitutional Tribunal and its judges is another stage of the process of destroying the rule of law in Poland by PiS and presidents Andrzej Duda and Karol Nawrocki," and "the state must be strong and capable of enforcing justice."