Konfederacja leaders Sławomir Mentzen and Krzysztof Bosak presented President Karol Nawrocki with a proposal to “reset” the Constitutional Tribunal (TK), which they say he received with approval. At a press conference after the meeting, Bosak said that if the dispute escalates, he will submit a draft resolution to shorten the Sejm’s term.

On Saturday, starting at 1 p.m., President Karol Nawrocki began talks at the Presidential Palace with the leaders of parliamentary groups about the Constitutional Tribunal. Meetings have already been held with politicians from PSL, Polska 2050, Razem and PiS.

Before meeting the president, Sławomir Mentzen, one of the leaders of Konfederacja and head of the New Hope party, said they would present the president with a “concrete proposal for a reset” of the TK. He said the dispute over the TK has gone on between PiS (Law and Justice) and KO (Civic Coalition) for more than 10 years and is now escalating. “We have only two options: either continue this dispute for another 10 years, or a constitutional reset,” he said.

Mentzen expressed hope that the president would rise above the “dispute between PiS and the Platforma.” He stressed that the TK reset is “a compromise, and for it to be achieved, everyone must take a step back, to show that the interest of our country is more important than their personal, narrow party interest.” He said he would present the details of the proposal after the meeting with the president.

In a post on X, Mentzen listed five points among the proposed assumptions of the reset. They include electing 15 TK judges by a 3/5 majority and randomly determining the length of these judges’ terms, which could last from 1 to 9 years, with “every subsequent judge elected for 9 years.”

Other proposals, he wrote, would be an obligation for judges to take their oath before the Sejm and for the TK president to have the Tribunal’s rulings printed.

“If the Sejm does not elect a judge within 60 days, the National Electoral Commission (PKW) publicly draws lots from among candidates, each of whom has been backed by at least 46 lawmakers. Each lawmaker may support only one candidate. The candidate drawn is considered elected by the Sejm,” Mentzen said in the last point.

The other Konfederacja leader, Krzysztof Bosak, head of the National Movement and a deputy speaker of the Sejm, said earlier that the caucus also wants to shorten the current term of the Sejm and would present proposals on the matter to the president at the meeting.

According to Bosak, the situation has reached the point of “the executive branch stepping outside the constitutional framework – the government is abusing the police and abusing other uniformed services.” “We believe this government must be removed from power once and for all, and it must be done in a manner consistent with the law and the constitution,” he added.

In the evening, at a press conference after the meeting with the president, Mentzen stressed that the president spoke about Konfederacja’s proposal for a TK reset “with great approval.”

– The assumptions I presented to the president turned out to be largely consistent with what the gentlemen from the Palace had in mind themselves. First of all, we should aim to bring to an end all the terms of the judges of the current Constitutional Tribunal, he said.

For his part, Bosak stressed at the press conference that a draft resolution on shortening the Sejm’s term would be Konfederacja’s proposal if “there is no inclination to reach a pro-state compromise or to back away from the situation of ongoing lawlessness.” The deputy speaker of the Sejm announced such an option, especially if “a constructive attitude does not emerge among other political forces” during the National Security Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

The Sejm can shorten its own term by a resolution passed by a majority of at least two-thirds of the statutory number of deputies, or 307 votes.

The crisis at the Tribunal began after a break in the duties of TK President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice President Bartłomiej Sochański was announced on Friday. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, elected by the current Sejm, was recognized as the person heading the Tribunal’s work. Tensions and demonstrations then broke out in front of the TK’s headquarters, and police appeared at the scene.

President Karol Nawrocki cut short a flight to Senegal and arrived at the TK headquarters overnight from Friday to Saturday. Media outlets published recordings showing him entering the building, as well as a dispute between the president’s representatives and the people chosen by the current Sejm as Tribunal judges. The sides offer differing versions of events about the course of the incident.

After leaving the TK building, the president announced that he was convening urgent consultations with parliamentary forces, arguing that the constitutional order had been violated. Prime Minister Tusk, in turn, said that “restoring the rule of law is our duty.” (PAP)

Kosiniak-Kamysz: Constitutional Reset Will Rebuild Trust in the Constitutional Tribunal

A constitutional reset will rebuild trust in the Constitutional Tribunal, guarantee judges’ independence, put an end to the questioning of rulings and end the ongoing dispute, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on the X platform.

On Saturday, starting at 1 p.m., President Karol Nawrocki began talks at the Presidential Palace with the leaders of parliamentary groups about the Constitutional Tribunal. Meetings were held with politicians from PSL, Polska 2050, Razem, PiS and Konfederacja, among others. Konfederacja’s leaders, Sławomir Mentzen and Krzysztof Bosak, presented the president with a proposal for a constitutional reset.

“In the current situation, when trust in the Constitutional Tribunal has been ruined, citizens have no institution that would stand guard over their rights,” the defense minister wrote on X on Saturday. He added that he “has consistently, for years, proposed a constitutional reset that will rebuild trust in the TK.” “In the current situation, it is the only chance for gradually restoring normality around the TK,” he concluded.

According to Kosiniak-Kamysz, “democracy and the rule of law are not mere slogans, but a commitment to guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary and protecting citizens’ constitutional rights.”

The crisis at the Tribunal began after a break in the duties of TK President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice President Bartłomiej Sochański was announced on Friday. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, elected by the current Sejm, was recognized as the person heading the Tribunal’s work. Tensions and demonstrations then broke out in front of the TK’s headquarters, and police appeared at the scene.

President Karol Nawrocki cut short a flight to Senegal and arrived at the TK headquarters overnight from Friday to Saturday. Media outlets published recordings showing him entering the building, as well as a dispute between the president’s representatives and the people chosen by the current Sejm as Tribunal judges. The sides offer differing versions of events about the course of the incident.

After leaving the TK building, the president announced that he was convening urgent consultations with parliamentary forces, arguing that the constitutional order had been violated. Prime Minister Tusk, in turn, said that “restoring the rule of law is our duty.” (PAP)

TK Dispute: Council of Parliamentarians to the President Meets

The Council of Parliamentarians to the President of Poland, convened for Saturday, has concluded its deliberations. Its chairman, Marcin Horała, said on the X platform that the council received with outrage the events that took place around the Constitutional Tribunal on Oct. 30, 2026.

The deep crisis at the Tribunal began after a break in the official duties of TK President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice President Bartłomiej Sochański was announced on Friday. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska was recognized as the person heading the TK’s work, as the longest-serving judge among those elected by the current Sejm. The decisions sparked tensions and demonstrations in front of the institution’s headquarters, resulting in police intervention. Overnight from Friday to Saturday, President Karol Nawrocki cut short a foreign trip to Senegal and arrived directly at the TK building.

On Saturday morning, the council’s chairman announced that its meeting had been convened for 3 p.m. Horała later wrote on X that Adam Andruszkiewicz took part in the meeting.

After the meeting ended, Horała also said that in the position it adopted, the council’s members judged that there had been an “unlawful attack on a constitutional organ of the state, in which persons acting without legal grounds were backed by the force of the services.”

“If actions of this kind were to be effective, Poland will be struck from the ranks of civilized Western democracies,” the statement said.

The authors of the appeal also declared firm opposition to attempts to strip the Office of the President of Poland of its prerogatives. In the council’s view, “further deepening of the conflict around one of the most important institutions in the country leads to the weakening of the authority of the Republic of Poland, the undermining of citizens’ trust in the law and the destabilization of the constitutional order.” It called for respect for the office of the head of state, the Constitution, the principle of separation of powers and the independence of the constitutional judiciary. “Poland needs responsibility and respect for the law today, not further political confrontations,” the statement concluded.

The Council of Parliamentarians to the President of Poland is a consultative body established by Karol Nawrocki, bringing together lawmakers who support the head of state on a voluntary basis with their knowledge and experience, with the aim of improving cooperation on making laws friendly to citizens. Its members are mainly lawmakers associated with the opposition: Marcin Horała (Rozwój Plus), Paulina Matysiak (independent), Urszula Nowogórska (PSL-Trzecia Droga), Grzegorz Adam Płaczek (Konfederacja), Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk (Rozwój Plus), Witold Tumanowicz (Konfederacja), Elżbieta Witek (PiS), Mariusz Błaszczak (PiS), Marek Jakubiak (Rozwój Plus) and Jarosław Sellin. (PAP)