Poland: Polish Constitutional Court crisis escalates
A planned reconstruction of the Constitutional Court is once again dividing Polish society. As a result of the escalation, two ambassadors are now announcing their resignation.
Two Polish ambassadors, Pawel Soloch in Romania and Jakub Kumoch in China, have resigned due to the ongoing dispute over the appointment of a new Constitutional Court president. The dispute is between the centre-left government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the right-wing opposition party PiS. The ambassadors cited the attempt to unlawfully take over the Constitutional Tribunal as the reason for their resignations.
Both diplomats previously worked with the national-conservative President Andrzej Duda. The dispute has led to the current president and deputy president of the court, Bogdan Swieczkowski and others, stepping down for a month, with Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska taking over as acting head.
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