Subsequently, the Presidency released a photograph confirming Nawrocki's presence inside the Court. In the image, he is seen meeting with Kapiński, Bogucki, the head of the National Security Office, Bartosz Grodecki, and the vice president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bartłomiej Sochański. The scene represented a direct challenge to the maneuver denounced by conservatives and showed the president alongside one of the authorities whose illegal suspension had been announced hours earlier.
The institutional crisis had erupted when Korwin-Piotrowska ordered the one-month suspension of the president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his vice president, Sochański. Both rejected the validity of the decision, while the court's authorities denounced an illegal takeover of their website and accused those responsible of committing a coup d'état.
The right-wing president of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, managed to enter the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw early Saturday morning, despite attempts to prevent his access by judges backed by Donald Tusk. His intervention came amid accusations of a coup d'état made by the displaced authorities of the highest court and the opposition, which expose the left's attempt to appropriate the Judiciary.
The president had urgently interrupted his official trip to Senegal, ordering his plane to return to Poland after learning of the police deployment around the judicial headquarters and the suspension of the court's authorities. "At a moment like this, the president must be in Poland," Nawrocki stated, who decided to intervene personally given the seriousness of the events.
Nawrocki poses with other senior officials of the legitimate government of Poland
Accompanied by the president of the Supreme Court, Zbigniew Kapiński, Nawrocki arrived at the building and encountered resistance from several judges elected by the parliamentary majority supporting Tusk. Among them were Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, Krystian Markiewicz, and Maciej Berek, who attempted to obstruct his entry. Videos circulated on social media captured a scuffle at the entrance, although the head of state ultimately managed to break through the blockade.
Once inside, Nawrocki directly confronted the questioned judges and denied their legitimacy to be part of the Constitutional Tribunal. "You are not judges of the Constitutional Tribunal," he replied when they tried to assert their positions. For his part, the head of the Presidential Chancellery, Zbigniew Bogucki, accused Korwin-Piotrowska of perpetrating a "coup d'état" through the measures taken against the judicial leadership.
Donald Tusk
The confrontation also provoked a mobilization of conservative leaders, led by the leader of Law and Justice (PiS), Jarosław Kaczyński, who denounced that Poland was moving towards a police state. The police cordoned off the vicinity of the building and confirmed the detention of three protesters during the incidents.
Nawrocki's intervention marked a frontal challenge to the judicial offensive of Tusk's government. His entry into the Constitutional Tribunal and the meeting with the authorities questioned by the ruling party represented an immediate institutional response to an attempted coup d'état by the left.
