Newly sworn-in judge of Poland’s constitutional court stages boycott over blocked colleagues
Sławomir Patyra says taking part in court proceedings would violate his constitutional oath.
A newly appointed judge for Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has announced his intention to boycott the court until four other judges, appointed by parliament and blocked by President Karol Nawrocki, are allowed to take their seats. This development comes as part of an ongoing dispute between the opposition-aligned president and the government, which claims the TK is improperly staffed and therefore illegitimate.
Nawrocki had previously sworn in Sławomir Patyra, one of the four new judges, on Tuesday, but remains steadfast in his refusal to swear in the remaining three judges.
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