Crisis around the Constitutional Tribunal. President Nawrocki calls urgent consultations

The head of the president's office, Paweł Głosernaker, announced on the X platform that on Saturday from 13 at the Presidential Palace, President Karol Nawrocki will begin a series of meetings with leaders of parliamentary circles. The aim of the consultations is to stabilize the political situation and restore constitutional order in the country.

In turn, the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Marcin Horała (Development Plus), convened an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Parliamentarians under the President of the Republic of Poland at 3 p.m. In his earlier statements, Horała sharply criticized the activities around the Constitutional Tribunal, talking about a "forceful attack" and breaking the law.

The Razem party has expressed its readiness to talk with the president. The group's spokesman, Mateusz Merta, announced that party representatives would meet the president after 3 p.m. "We are ready to talk with the president, but also the prime minister and all groups about the need for an urgent constitutional reset and ending the fight for the Constitutional Tribunal," Merta wrote on the X platform.

Crisis in the Constitutional Tribunal

The tension escalated after the announcement of a break in the activities of the President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, and the Vice-President, Bartłomiej Sochański. The work of the Tribunal was managed by judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, elected by the current Sejm.

Demonstrations and police appeared in front of the Constitutional Tribunal's headquarters.

On the night from Friday to Saturday, President Nawrocki interrupted his flight to Senegal and immediately went to the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal. After leaving the building, he announced urgent consultations, arguing that there had been a serious violation of the constitutional order.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the situation, emphasizing that "restoring the rule of law is our duty."