Only Polish police officers are on duty securing the area around the Constitutional Tribunal, and no officers from other countries have taken part, the National Police Headquarters (KGP) said Monday.
After the latest events outside the Constitutional Tribunal, suggestions appeared on social media that German officers were among the police securing the area. Separately, Bartosz Lewandowski, a lawyer associated with Ordo Iuris, suggested an “extraordinary representation of German-speaking people” among those gathered near the Tribunal.
The National Police Headquarters addressed those claims Monday on X.
“We inform you that only officers of the Polish Police are on duty securing the area of the Constitutional Tribunal. Police officers from other countries did not take part in securing it,” the KGP said in its post.
Police urged people not to mislead the public or spread false information. “We ask that you stick to the facts,” the KGP wrote.
A crisis has been unfolding at the Constitutional Tribunal since Friday evening. It was announced that a suspension of duties had been ordered for the Tribunal’s president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and its vice president, Bartłomiej Sochański. Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek filed motions to lift their immunity. Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, as the judge with the longest judicial service, was announced as the person leading the Tribunal. President Karol Nawrocki cut short a trip to Senegal, returned to Poland and entered the Tribunal’s headquarters.
In connection with the situation at the Tribunal, the president held a series of meetings on Saturday with leaders of parliamentary parties. Among other things, he was offered a reset of the Tribunal, and the idea of forming a technical government was also presented to him. On Saturday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivered a televised address in which he ruled out a compromise on the Constitutional Tribunal. (PAP)
