Tusk says he will continue changes at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would press ahead with changes to the Constitutional Tribunal, which he says is not independent. The dispute has involved police deployment, suspensions of two senior judges and President Karol Nawrocki’s return to Warsaw for consultations.

• Tusk said in a televised address that his government would continue efforts to change the Constitutional Tribunal, which he described as not independent.· 2 sources
• Riot police were deployed outside the court and two of its senior judges were suspended. Nawrocki returned to Warsaw from a trip to Senegal and held consultations with parliamentary parties; Tusk’s Civic Coalition did not attend.· 2 sources
• The reports describe an ongoing dispute involving the government, the president and the opposition over the tribunal’s independence and appointments.· 2 sources