Protesters cut a chain on the gate outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw Friday night, and Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński entered the grounds. Święczkowski later withdrew, saying, "We will return with the president."
Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska told PAP the Constitutional Tribunal can receive President Karol Nawrocki, but only him. She ruled out that Bogdan Święczkowski or Supreme Court First President Zbigniew Kapiński could accompany him.
Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski said he alone is the administrator of the Tribunal's building and that any decisions by "usurpers" are unlawful. He spoke Friday evening outside the TK headquarters after Anna Korwin-Piotrowska issued an order suspending his duties.
Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek said he hopes the Constitutional Tribunal will start functioning normally, calling it a "private fiefdom" whose operation must be restored.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday that "restoring the rule of law is our duty," calling it a difficult and sometimes painful process after years of lawlessness under PiS. His post on X followed moves involving the leadership of the Constitutional Tribunal.
