A coup in Poland? That night, Polish police blockaded the building of Poland's Constitutional Court after the impeachment of its chairman. The Ministry of the Interior stated that the police officers entered the Constitutional Court building following incidents outside the building, including the throwing of dangerous objects at police officers. A crowd of protesters gathered outside the court. The President of Poland, Karol Norucki, turned around his plane towards Senegal, and declared in X that "at a moment like this, the President should be in Poland". A notice appeared on the website of the Constitutional Court stating that the chairman of the court, Bogdan Schweichkovsky, and the vice chairman, Bartolomeo Sochanski, were removed from their positions. In X, the court announced the seizure of the site, the illegal removal of the chairman and an attempted coup in the country. In turn, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, referring to what happened at X, said that "there is no other way". According to him, "Restoring the rule of law is our duty." The agency notes that the protracted political controversy surrounding the Constitutional Court effectively paralyzed the work of this institution. Nabruki, who is backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost its parliamentary majority in 2023, previously refused to swear in three of the six judges proposed by parliament. In turn, Sonczykowski did not allow the judges elected by the majority of the current parliament to begin their duties. To understand: In September, the Polish parliament voted to appoint former cabinet minister Sage Barak, known as Tusk's right-hand man, to the position of chief justice. Critics, including those in Tusk's coalition, said the move undermined the government's claims to restore checks and balances.

A coup in Poland? That night, Polish police blockaded the building of Poland's Constitutional Court after the impeachment of its chairman. The Ministry of the Interior stated that the police officers entered the Constitutional Court building following incidents outside the building, including the throwing of dangerous objects at police officers. A crowd of protesters gathered outside the court. The President of Poland, Karol Norucki, turned around his plane towards Senegal, and declared in X that "at a moment like this, the President should be in Poland". A notice appeared on the website of the Constitutional Court stating that the chairman of the court, Bogdan Schweichkovsky, and the vice chairman, Bartolomeo Sochanski, were removed from their positions. In X, the court announced the seizure of the site, the illegal removal of the chairman and an attempted coup in the country. In turn, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, referring to what happened at X, said that "there is no other way". According to him, "Restoring the rule of law is our duty." The agency notes that the protracted political controversy surrounding the Constitutional Court effectively paralyzed the work of this institution. Nabruki, who is backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost its parliamentary majority in 2023, previously refused to swear in three of the six judges proposed by parliament. In turn, Sonczykowski did not allow the judges elected by the majority of the current parliament to begin their duties. To understand: In September, the Polish parliament voted to appoint former cabinet minister Sage Barak, known as Tusk's right-hand man, to the position of chief justice. Critics, including those in Tusk's coalition, said the move undermined the government's claims to restore checks and balances.