Polish President Nawrocki cut short his visit to Senegal due to the crisis around the Constitutional Tribunal

Karol Nawrocki urgently returned to Warsaw and held meetings with Supreme Court head Zbigniew Kapinski and the suspended head of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Swiecicki. The reason was Swiecicki's one-month suspension and an attempt to strip him of immunity amid the dispute between Tusk's government and the tribunal.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 31 October 2026 at 04:002 min read

The key facts

Nawrocki turned his plane around en route to Senegal and returned to Warsaw
He met with the head of the Supreme Court and the suspended head of the Constitutional Tribunal
The justice minister initiated proceedings to strip Swiecicki of immunity

Meeting at the presidential palace

Polish President Karol Nawrocki, after an emergency return to Warsaw, met with First President of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Ziobro... reports the Polish portal Onet (retold by Life.ru).

Interrupted visit and the trigger for escalation

Nawrocki cut short his flight to Senegal and ordered the plane to turn around because of the events surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal, explaining the decision by the need to be personally in the country at a tense moment. The trigger for the escalation was the decision to suspend Swiecicki from his duties for a month; Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek also initiated proceedings to strip him of immunity. The authorities accuse the tribunal's leadership of obstructing the work of the new judges.

The essence of the conflict and accusations of an attempted coup

The standoff between Donald Tusk's government and the leadership of the Constitutional Tribunal is connected, among other things, with the appointment of new judges, among them former minister in Tusk's government Marcin Berek, whose appointment is opposed by the opposition. Earlier, according to Life.ru, the tribunal itself accused those involved in the conflict around it of attempting a coup d'état: amid protests, the institution announced an unlawful takeover of its official website, and supporters of the suspended head demanded that his access to the building be restored.