# Police guard Warsaw court as dispute over suspended judge escalates

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/riot-police-deployed-to-polands-top-court-amid-claims-of-coup-over-suspension-of-chief-judge-in-battle-between-donald-tusks-centrist-government-and-nationalist-right/
- Published: 2026-10-30T23:29:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T23:47:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16253847/Riot-police-deployed-Polands-court-amid-claims-coup-suspension-chief-judge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Police guarded Poland’s Constitutional Court amid a dispute over its leadership.
- The president returned to Warsaw after cutting short a trip to Senegal.
- The stand-off centres on rival claims over judicial appointments and rule of law.

## Summary

Riot police guarded Poland’s Constitutional Court in Warsaw after chief judge Bogdan Swieczkowski was suspended, escalating a dispute between Donald Tusk’s centrist government and the nationalist opposition. The court’s official account called the move a “coup”, while a judge who announced the suspension said it was needed to restore the rule of law.

Three people were arrested after trying to enter the court complex, where supporters of the opposition Law and Justice party protested. President Karol Nawrocki, backed by PiS, cut short a trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw. The conflict centres on judges appointed under PiS rule from 2015 to 2023, and Nawrocki’s refusal to swear in five judges elected by parliament; the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has urged him to do so.

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