
The suspension of Chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal Sveenchikovsky triggered a political dispute, and President Navrotsky interrupted his trip to return home to deal with the matter
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When the Law and Justice Party was in power from 2015 to 2023, the Polish Constitutional Court was accused of losing its independence due to the appointment of judges. The current government of Prime Minister Tusk is committed to promoting judicial reform, but has been blocked by President Navrotsky.
Dozens of Polish police officers were stationed outside the Constitutional Court building in the capital Warsaw on the 31st.
Poland's right-wing President Karol Nawrocki, who had rushed back to the country earlier because the president of the Constitutional Tribunal was suspended, convened representatives of all parties for emergency crisis talks on the 31st in an attempt to resolve this long-delayed political dispute.
It is understood that Navrotsky, who was originally scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics in Senegal, Africa, ordered a special plane to return to Warsaw after learning that his far-right ally Bogdan Swieczkowski, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal, had been suspended.
Staff revealed that after Navrotsky returned to Warsaw, he first met with the suspended Sveenchikovski and the first chief judge of the Constitutional Court, Zbigniew Kapinski, and then went to the Constitutional Court. Local television footage showed Navrotsky pushing through the crowd to enter the court building.
On the morning of the 31st, Navrotsky said in a statement read outside the Constitutional Court that the cross-party talks were necessary due to "threats to internal security."
This political dispute is related to the former "Law and Justice Party" (Law and Justice Party), which was in power from 2015 to 2023. When this nationalist right-wing party was in power, it appointed many judges of the Constitutional Court, which led to criticism that the court had lost its independence and impartiality. The European Union (EU) once accused the Polish government led by the Law and Justice Party of undermining the rule of law.
In 2023, pro-EU Tusk vowed to "bring order to chaos" after becoming prime minister. However, his reform actions were frequently blocked after Navrotsky was elected president in 2025. Although Navrotsky is an independent, his right-wing conservative stance is similar to that of the Law and Justice Party, and he originally ran for president on behalf of the Law and Justice Party.
After Sveenchikovsky was suspended, supporters of the Law and Justice Party launched demonstrations, accusing Tusk's government of trying to control the Constitutional Court, denouncing "Tusk as a traitor" and trying to break through roadblocks. Dozens of police officers were deployed outside the court building, and three people were arrested.

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