A confrontation over Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal intensified in Warsaw on October 30 after Anna Korwin-Piotrowska declared its president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and deputy president, Bartłomiej Sochański, suspended for one month. She said she would oversee the institution until new leaders were chosen.

inPoland.net.pl reported the developments on Saturday, October 31. Święczkowski denounced the move as a criminal coup, while Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek defended Korwin-Piotrowska’s decision as lawful and said the government had not orchestrated it.

Protesters gathered outside the tribunal, where clashes and attempts to breach the grounds were reported. Police did not enter the building but deployed in its courtyard to protect staff and judges. Three people were detained after trying to climb over a fence, according to the account.

President Karol Nawrocki cut short an official trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw. He announced urgent consultations with representatives of parliamentary forces for October 31, saying they were intended to calm the political situation and restore constitutional order. The source did not report an outcome from the planned discussions.