Yesterday, PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński appealed to cancel the demonstration against the government's actions regarding the Constitutional Tribunal. Jarosław Kaczyński's call, which was forwarded by party spokesman Rafał Bochenek, is the result of the national mourning in force on November 8 and 9 after the massacre on the Main Market Square in Krakow, which took place on November 7. Today, however, the PiS spokesman clarified that the message of the president of Law and Justice was not about the "town" before the Constitutional Tribunal.
Any attempt to suggest that anyone is calling for an end to the protest before the Constitutional Tribunal is untrue! President Jarosław Kaczyński's appeal to cancel the protests concerned the events that were to take place simultaneously in other cities in Poland on the initiative of Law and Justice during national mourning on November 8 and 9 this year. The battle before the Constitutional Tribunal must continue because its goal of defending Poland against a coup d'état is still valid. Destroying principles and weakening democratic institutions always leads to tragedy - wrote PiS spokesman Rafał Bochenek on the X platform.
November 7. Shooting on the Main Square
On Saturday around 15, a resident of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, 24-year-old Michał Oksiński, drove a black Subaru onto the Main Market Square in Krakow, shooting at random pedestrians with a combat weapon. He was dressed in tactical gear and had a helmet on. He killed 6 people: 4 women and 2 men. He injured 15 people. Two policemen were among the injured. In the trunk he had - as it turned out today - two AR-15 rifles and two pistols and about five hundred rounds of ammunition. Two young uniformed officers, risking their own lives, fired shots at the attacker and detained him near the intersection of Dietla and Stradomska streets. After the shooting in Kraków, the services entered his apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Three bodies were discovered there. These are the parents and sister of 24-year-old Michał Oksiński, who died this morning. At At 8 p.m., a silent march will take place in Krakow along the route of the shooter's deadly rally to pay tribute to the victims.
This morning, numerous tents were set up in front of the Tribunal, including: National Movement and "Gazeta Polska" clubs. There were also many banners and boards with slogans critical of the activities related to the Constitutional Tribunal.
At the same time in al. Szucha, there were single protesters, some had white and red flags, they did not raise any slogans, they just walked around. Representatives of the Border Defense Movement in yellow vests were more visible.
The situation related to the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw
On Friday, October 30, around 18, information appeared on the website of the Constitutional Tribunal about ordering a break in the official duties of President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański. The duties of managing the Constitutional Tribunal were taken over by the longest-serving judge, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska. The Court denied this message on social media and announced the unlawful takeover of its website.
Protesters, including right-wing politicians, gathered in front of the Constitutional Tribunal building. They prayed and sang "Rota", the anthem, and one of the protesters - assisted by PiS MP Mariusz Gosek - used a grinder to cut the chain securing the gate. The Warsaw Police Headquarters informed that its officers perform statutory activities at the premises of the Constitutional Tribunal.
She referred to information from Judge Korwin-Piotrowska about possible threats to the life and health of judges and employees and about the risk of disturbing public order. The police also detained three people who jumped over the fence. The allegations concern Art. 193 of the Penal Code - violation of domestic peace. Arrive at the venue before At 1 a.m. President Karol Nawrocki arrived and, despite the judges' protest, entered the Constitutional Tribunal building. He left it before 5. He then held consultations with almost all political groups before the meeting of the National Security Council. After the National Security Council, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that he would meet privately with President Nawrocki to discuss the situation and find a way out of it, but the Presidential Palace informed the Prime Minister that the meeting would not take place for now.
