
The former minister referred to the night-time incidents at the Constitutional Tribunal headquarters and criticized the current legal situation in Poland.
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President Bogdan Święczkowski and vice-president Bartłomiej Sochański were suspended in the Constitutional Tribunal. The situation led to protests and intervention by the services.
On Thursday, October 22, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, then head of Poland 2050, announced on the X platform that she was leaving Donald Tusk's government. As politicians from the October 15 coalition and the minister's colleagues later said, she did it without notice. I thought he would call - this is how the Prime Minister commented on Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz's move. As a result, the politician was removed from Poland 2050. Today she commented - again on the X platform - on the night's incidents regarding the Constitutional Tribunal.
If I hadn't left the government a week ago. I would leave today. The war for the Tribunal has led us to a situation where a politician and a locksmith are more useful in the Tribunal than a lawyer. And it's no coincidence that the so-called co-leaders of the so-called coalition were silent yesterday. Their voice doesn't matter anyway. The only solution is to reset the Tribunal. Without this, there will only be further destruction of the courts and the state. Who will benefit from this? I don't know, but definitely not Poles - wrote Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.
On Friday evening, after the announcement of a break in the activities of the President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański, the situation at the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal escalated. The judge with the longest experience, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, became the new head of the Tribunal's work. This decision caused violent reactions - among both judges and politicians, as well as protests. The police appeared in front of the building, but also right-wing circles, including: Robert Bąkiewicz's Border Defense Movement. Prayers were prayed, the "Hymn" was sung, and one of the protesters - assisted by PiS MP Mariusz Gosek - used a grinder to cut the chain securing the gate.

The head of the president's office, Paweł Głosernaker, announced a series of meetings between President Karol Nawrocki and party leaders in order to stabilize the political situation after the escalation of tensions around the Constitutional Tribunal.

President Karol Nawrocki calls urgent consultations with parliamentary leaders at the Presidential Palace. This is a reaction to the escalation of tension around the Constitutional Tribunal after the interruption of the activities of the President of the Constitutional Tribunal.

Bogdan Święczkowski declared in front of the Constitutional Tribunal building that the government's actions against the Tribunal were a coup d'état. Radosław Sikorski and Marcin Kierwiński also spoke on the matter.

The crisis escalated at the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal after the announcement of a break in the activities of President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański. The situation forced President Karol Nawrocki to interrupt his visit to Senegal, and Szymon Hołownia appealed for an immediate reset of the institution.

There were nightly protests and police intervention in front of the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal after confusion related to the announcement about changes in the leadership of the Constitutional Tribunal. Former political prisoner Andrzej Poczobut commented that the chaos in Poland is being exploited by the propaganda of the Kremlin and Minsk.

On Friday evening, the police and the SOP appeared at the Constitutional Tribunal after judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended President Bogdan Święczkowski. President Karol Nawrocki interrupted his visit to Senegal and entered the headquarters of the Constitutional Tribunal, sparking a sharp political dispute.