Poland’s Tusk says he won’t back down in top court standoff
The prime minister accused the opposition of stirring up violence in an attempt to destroy the rule of law as a political crisis continues to spiral.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has pledged to continue reforms at the Constitutional Tribunal despite opposition attempts to provoke unrest and undermine the rule of law. Speaking on Saturday, Tusk contended that the current makeup of the tribunal is not independent, and his government's efforts to rectify this situation have been thwarted by the Law & Justice party and President Karol Nawrocki.
This assertion came in the wake of riot police being deployed outside the court, and the suspension of two top judges. President Nawrocki abruptly ended his trip to Senegal upon hearing about the developments and returned to Warsaw to meet with parliamentary parties, an action that the Civic Coalition, the ruling party of which Tusk is a member, did not participate in.
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