The head of Poland's Supreme Court condemns the police intervention in the Constitutional Court, and calls for the suspension of its president and vice president and the restrictions on access to justice a serious threat to the rule of law and the constitutional order. The first president of the Supreme Court, Zbigniew Kapinski, strongly opposes the actions, and warned that: - The deployment of the police at the headquarters of the courts and the reported blocking of the vice president from entering the building undermine the independence of a constitutional institution.
- The order suspending the president of the court Bogdan Swiczkowski and the vice-president Bartlomiej Suchenski raises serious questions about its legal basis and its compatibility with Poland's constitutional system.
- Disputes about the functioning of state institutions cannot be used to paralyze those institutions or deny the powers of their office bearers outside of the procedures established by law. - Article 7 of the Constitution obliges the public authorities to act within the limits of the law, Article 10 guarantees the separation and balance of authorities, and Article 173 protects the independence of the courts and tribunals.
- No state authority can arbitrarily receive powers that are not provided by law, impose its own interpretation of the law on another constitutional body through coercive means, or prevent its officials from fulfilling their duties. Kapinski warns that using the police to limit the activities of constitutional institutions will set a dangerous precedent and undermine the foundations of the democratic rule of law.