"Light for the Tribunal". Protesters took to the streets in several cities

Protests titled "Light for the Tribunal" took place in Warsaw, Gdańsk, and Poznań, organized by the Committee for the Defense of Democracy (KOD). Participants expressed their opposition to political interference in the judiciary and intimidation of judges, holding candles and flags. In Gdańsk, Ewa Topór-Nawarecka criticized the president's actions towards the Constitutional Tribunal. In Poznań, Judge Dorota Zabłudowska-Szulc highlighted the Tribunal's compromised independence and called for a restoration of the rule of law. The protests aimed to reaffirm the Tribunal's role as a constitutional protector, free from political influence.