Polish President Nawrocki confronts Tusk-backed ‘head of court’ Korwin-Piotrowska as crisis deepens - watch

Polish President Karol Nawrocki was seen on video confronting the Donald Tusk-backed ‘head of court’ Anna Korwin-Piotrowska as the crisis deepened. Polish President Karol Nawrocki was seen on video confronting the Donald Tusk-backed ‘head of court’ Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, amid a deepening crisis in the European nation.Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who had been flying to Senegal for a state visit and turned the plane around to return to Warsaw, and arrived at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal after the tribunal said on its website that the tribunal's president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, who was a deputy justice minister under the Law and Justice (PiS) government, had been suspended. (REUTERS)The situation came to a head on Friday after the Constitutional Tribunal said that its longest-serving judge, Korwin-Piotrowska, had suspended Bogdan ​Swieczkowski, the tribunal's president who was appointed by Tusk's far-right predecessor. After Korwin-Piotrowska assumed charge, Nawrocki, who was headed to Senegal said on X that he needed to be in Poland, and turned his plane around.Videos shared by Russian state-backed media RT showed Nawrocki ‘forcing his way’ into Poland's Constitutional Tribunal amid the showdown in the nation. A later video showed his confrontation with Korwin-Piotrowska, where he reportedly said, “You are not the judges of the Constitutional Court.”Polish riot police deployed as protesters take to streetsPolice have surrounded the constitutional court after What is the issue with the Constitutional Tribunal?The latest twist comes after a long-running political dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland. The institution has been effectively paralysed, Reuters noted, with the pro-European government and the nationalist president refusing to recognise candidates put forth by the other side.Deep DiveShuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read MorePolandWorldGet the latest World News, breaking headlines and global updates from the US, UK, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia and other countries. Follow major international events on Hindustan Times.