BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 31. The website of
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has published a notice announcing
the temporary suspension of its President, Bogdan Święczkowski, and
Deputy President, Bartosz Sochański, from performing their official
duties for a period of one month.
According to the Polish Press Agency (PAP), Judge Anna
Korwin-Piotrowska, who has the longest tenure at the tribunal, will
lead the institution during this period.
The stated grounds for the decision include, among other things,
actions by the President and Deputy President that obstructed the
convening of a general assembly of tribunal judges with the
participation of all judges elected by parliament. Violations in
the formation of judicial panels were also cited.
Following the publication of the announcement, large crowds of
protesters gathered outside the tribunal building. Police officers
subsequently entered the premises.
