Umstrittener Justizumbau: Turbulenzen in Polen – Präsident besucht Verfassungsgericht
Das Parlament nominiert fünf neue Richter, doch der rechtskonservative Präsident Nawrocki will sie nicht vereidigen. In der Nacht begibt er sich zum Gericht, vor dem Demonstranten ausharren.
In a contentious constitutional overhaul, tensions escalated in Poland as President Karol Nawrocki visited the Constitutional Court in Warsaw. Accompanied by Zbigniew Kapinski, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Nawrocki's appearance was met with the presence of numerous demonstrators outside the courthouse late into the evening.
The dispute over the composition of the Constitutional Court has been a focal point of conflict between Prime Minister Donald Tusk's center-left government and the right-wing opposition party PiS, which brought Nawrocki to power. The rift intensified on Friday, following the announcement that the previous president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and his deputy, both appointed by PiS, would not serve for a month.
Instead, Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, one of five new constitutional judges nominated by Nawrocki but not sworn in, would preside over the court on an interim basis.
Judge Korwin-Piotrowska is among the new constitutional judges Nawrocki refused to swear in, despite her nomination by the majority in the ruling parliamentary coalition.
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