Tusk alleges rule of law threat

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused President Karol Nawrocki and his predecessor, Andrzej Duda, of undermining the rule of law amid a dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal. He said proposals by the governing coalition to resolve the crisis had been rejected, and that some issues were non-negotiable. Nawrocki, in turn, accused the government of forcibly taking over a constitutional body. The dispute centers on judicial independence and the legality of suspending the Tribunal president and deputy president from their duties, and of Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska temporarily taking charge of its administration. The crisis has escalated, with protests and the arrest of three demonstrators. Korwin-Piotrowska called a meeting of the Tribunal’s judges for November 3, while former Prime Minister Beata Szydło warned that the integrity of parliamentary elections scheduled for next autumn was under threat.

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