Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:37am on 31 Oct 2026,Saturday International
Poland witnessed political unrest after Constitutional Tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski was suspended on October 30, triggering protests in Warsaw. Riot police were deployed after demonstrators gathered outside the court, with three people detained following clashes. President Karol Nawrocki cut short his flight to Senegal and returned to Poland, saying the situation required his presence. The suspension has intensified a long-running dispute between Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-European government and the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party over judicial appointments. Tusk defended the move as necessary to restore judicial independence, while opposition leaders accused his government of staging a coup. (PC: NDTV)
