Prof. Marcin Matczak: From the beginning, it was not a strategy to repair the Constitutional Tribunal, but a strategy to take it over.

A deep crisis has emerged in the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland, marked by the suspension of President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański by Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska. Despite a boycott by judges appointed by the previous parliamentary majority, an assembly convened by Korwin-Piotrowska approved the tribunal's budget and initiated disciplinary proceedings against Święczkowski and Sochański. Legal expert Marcin Matczak criticized the government's handling of the tribunal, suggesting that previous opportunities to resolve issues were ignored for political gain. He argues that the recent actions are not a step towards improvement but rather a culmination of a strategy to undermine the tribunal's integrity, which will have lasting consequences for democracy in Poland.