Threats against judges of the Constitutional Tribunal. Two received protection

For several days now, from a dozen to even several hundred people who call themselves "defenders" of the Constitutional Tribunal have been on duty in front of the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal. Law and Justice politicians also appeared there. Yesterday, after Maciej Berek was sworn in as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal in the Sejm, there was an escalation. Robert Bąkiewicz and members of the Border Defense Movement tried to block the entry of the Tribunal's judges to the Constitutional Tribunal before noon. The police intervened, which the opposition accuses the government of attacking. The President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Świeczkowski, later informed that Berek had not established an official relationship and was not allowed to adjudicate.

"I'm rubbing my eyes in amazement"

Prime Minister Donald Tusk assured yesterday that judges will be able to count on state protection. Today - in an interview with TOK FM radio - the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, announced that two judges of the Constitutional Tribunal received SOP protection in connection with threats against them. He also said that until judges are able to go to work, the police will respond.

I rub my eyes in amazement that someone may not understand that when the law is broken in Poland, the police intervene. The law was broken yesterday by blocking the entrance to the Tribunal. The police have intervened and will intervene, I emphasize this strongly, said the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration.

Maciej Berek, appointed by the Sejm as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal on September 4, took the oath in the Sejm yesterday with the formula "towards the president" and took the oath in writing, with a notarially certified signature. He was accompanied by, among others, Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, and Speaker of the Senate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska.

I don't know who Minister Berek swore before, but certainly not before the President of the Republic of Poland - President Karol Naworcki commented on the situation. In turn, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal were elected in accordance with the law, and President Karol Nawrocki, refusing to take the oath, among others from Berk, abdicates the duties imposed on him by the constitution. Tusk announced that the government would restore legal order "using methods available to the state."

In the afternoon, Nawrocki visited the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal and met with the judges present there. In the evening, the head of the Chancellery of the President, Zbigniew Bogucki, announced that the president had canceled his visit to Slovenia scheduled for Thursday and Friday due to the situation in the Constitutional Tribunal.