Poland's controversial escalation over control of the constitutional court has drawn President Karol Nawrocki back home, as a row over judicial appointments and the court's legitimacy turns into a showdown between Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government and the PiS-aligned opposition. The crisis escalated after Judge Anna Corwin-Pietroska suspended the president of the courts and his deputy on October 30, prompting demonstrations by PiS supporters and police intervention. In a speech he gave the next day, Tusk accused PiS and former presidents Andrzej Duda and Nawrocki of contributing to the "dismantling of the rule of law," and insisted that the court must act "independently, autonomously and in accordance with the constitution. "Watch.

Poland's controversial escalation over control of the constitutional court has drawn President Karol Nawrocki back home, as a row over judicial appointments and the court's legitimacy turns into a showdown between Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government and the PiS-aligned opposition. The crisis escalated after Judge Anna Corwin-Pietroska suspended the president of the courts and his deputy on October 30, prompting demonstrations by PiS supporters and police intervention. In a speech he gave the next day, Tusk accused PiS and former presidents Andrzej Duda and Nawrocki of contributing to the "dismantling of the rule of law," and insisted that the court must act "independently, autonomously and in accordance with the constitution. "Watch.