Key facts
- President Karol Nawrocki cut short his trip to Senegal.
- Police entered the Constitutional Tribunal premises.
- Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Swieczkowski was suspended.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short his flight to Senegal on Friday after police entered the premises of the country's Constitutional Tribunal and its president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, was suspended. Nawrocki stated that the president must be in Poland at such a moment. Police said they entered the court after incidents outside, including the throwing of dangerous objects. The tribunal has been paralyzed by a long-running political dispute, with Swieczkowski previously declining to allow judges elected by the current parliamentary majority to assume their duties.