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Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended

Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended

Feed excerpt — reported by The Guardian

President Karol Nawrocki seen struggling to gain entry to court building in Warsaw amid long-running row over the court’s legitimacyRiot police were locked in a tense standoff with protesters outside Poland’s constitutional court on Friday night after its top judge was suspended in the latest escalation in a decade-long dispute over the court’s legal status.The clashes followed a controversial decision by a group of government-appointed judges to suspend the court’s contested president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, amid disagreements over the bench’s legitimacy. Continue reading…

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