Polish constitutional court officials charged with preventing entry of new judges
Meanwhile, the court's chief justice announced proceedings of his own against three other judges.
Prosecutors have accused two senior officials at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) of preventing new judges appointed by the government from taking their seats on the court. The officials, who cannot be named, are accused of abusing their power and violating the employment rights of the judges. The new judges were chosen by the ruling coalition in parliament but rejected by President Karol Nawrocki and TK chief justice Bogdan Święczkowski, both of whom are aligned with the right-wing opposition.
If convicted, the accused officials could face up to three years in prison for abuse of power and up to two years for maliciously violating the employment rights of the judges. The TK itself condemned the prosecutors' actions as unlawful, calling them a form of intimidation and personal pressure.
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