Poland has descended into a crisis of government, with some oppositionists going so far as to claim a "coup" is underway, but it's still perhaps far too early to know where things stand on the ground.
Polish Police on Friday night have apparently surrounded and cordoned off the headquarters of the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, coming amid a running crisis over the body's leadership which has pitted Prime Minister Donald Tusk against his two main political adversaries
Tusk is in a standoff with the leader of Law and Justice and former head of Government, Jaroslaw Kaczinski, and the current president of the country, Karol Nawrocki.
The Friday night chaos started when Polish official agency PAP reported that Swieczkowski and his number two, Bartlomiej Sochanski, were suspended for a month by order of Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska.
Developing story in Poland - Tusk has sent police into the constitutional tribunal, intending to end situation where people loyal to the former government are still in charge there https://t.co/hRaTPY5epX
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"Today, I issued an order immediately suspending the duties of Mr. Bogdan Święczkowski, acting president of the Constitutional Tribunal. I issued the same order with respect to Judge Bartłomiej Sochański, acting vice president of the Constitutional Tribunal," she announced, with changes quickly reflected in the Constutinon
