The meeting was attended by politicians from Law and Justice, as well as people associated with, among others, with the Border Defense Movement, "Gazeta Polska" clubs and Telewizja Republika. The participants brought white and red flags and banners with the slogans: "SKIED SOUR GOURMET FOR POVING" and "LET'S WATCH Poland".
During the demonstration, people chanted: "This is Poland." The national anthem and "Rota" were sung.
Jarosław Kaczyński assessed that the Constitutional Tribunal and the National Bank of Poland were the last two institutions that - as he said - had not been taken over by the current government.
Perhaps the moment will come soon when we will have to stand in front of the National Bank and defend it, said the PiS president.
Kaczyński invites you to the Independence March
The PiS leader also referred to the Independence March, which takes place on November 11 in Warsaw. He appealed for a large attendance at this year's event.
Today we have a beautiful manifestation, but there is a very beautiful tradition of demonstration in Poland, even bigger than the one on November 11 - the Independence March. This should be the biggest march ever, he said.
Kaczyński emphasized that he was not the organizer of the march, but he invited the participants of Saturday's rally and people who could be influenced by them.
Donald Tusk's government has been destroying everything that is the foundation of the Republic of Poland for three years; it destroys everything that is the foundation of our national community. This government is doing everything to appropriate the state institutions that are written in the constitution of the Republic of Poland for the national community. They want to treat it as a tool of political struggle, Kaczyński told the audience.
The following also spoke: activist Robert Bąkiewicz. The speakers also included: Ryszard Majdzik, associated with Mateusz Morawiecki's Rozwoju Plus association, and the president of Telewizja Republika, Tomasz Sakiewicz.
The president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, supported the online protesters. “Thank you for the solidarity, courage and support shown to the judges and employees of the Tribunal who face pressure, intimidation attempts and institutional violence every day,” he wrote on X.
Dispute over Maciej Berek's oath
The demonstration took place a few days after the events related to Maciej Berek, elected by the Sejm as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal at the beginning of September. His term of office should have started in mid-September, but President Karol Nawrocki did not invite him to the Presidential Palace to take the oath.
On Wednesday, Berek took the oath in the Sejm, using the formula that he did so "towards the president." He then submitted notarially certified documents in this matter to the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. According to Berek, previous letters addressed to the president remained unanswered.
On the same day, Berek and other Constitutional Tribunal judges elected in the current term went to the seat of the Tribunal. They entered the building after police intervention because protesters tried to block the entrance. There were fights with the officers.
Bogdan Święczkowski later informed that Maciej Berek had not established an official relationship and was not allowed to adjudicate until he obtained the president's opinion on the oath.
President Karol Nawrocki stated that if Berek did not complete the formalities of taking an oath before the head of state, "he is certainly not a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal."
Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized that the judges were elected in accordance with the law. He assessed that the refusal to take the oath meant the president's "abdication" of his duties under the constitution. He also announced the government's actions to restore legal order and assured that the Tribunal would start working normally.
