Polish Troubles In Poland, Donald Tusk's government and President Karol Norucki are fighting over who will run the Constitutional Court, the court that checks whether laws are in line with the constitution. Whether the parliamentary majority will be able to carry out its reforms depends on its decisions. Therefore, the dispute over the appointment of the judges reached the point of involvement of the police and active demonstrations, because of which the president interrupted his trip to Senegal. The sources of the conflict. The roots of the conflict go back to 2015, when Law and Justice (PiS) put its party members on trial. In 2023, the party lost the government to Tusk's coalition, but retained its supporters in the courts. The current confrontation also continues a decades-long dispute over legal reforms. Tusk promises to reconsider the decisions of his predecessors, whom he accused of subordinating justice to the interests of the party, and Naoruki, who was elected president with the support of PiS, prevents these changes. At the same time, the fight over judicial institutions allows PiS to block cabinet decisions even after its defeat in the elections. Who is the power here? Among those elected by the parliament, but not allowed to work at the tribunal, was Anna Korwin-Piotrovskaia, the judge with the longest experience (compared to the others). She was sworn in in parliament without the presence of the president, but the chairman of the tribunal, Bogdan Sonchkovsky, did not recognize this procedure as sufficient. On October 30, Korwin-Piotrovskya announced that she was suspending Sonchakovsky and his deputy for a month and temporarily presiding over the court due to blocking the work of new judges and referring to the rules on changing temporary leadership. Sonchakovski refused to comply, because he did not even recognize her powers as a court judge. forceful intervention. Corwin-Piotrovskaya appealed to law enforcement officers, warning of threats to the safety of judges and staff.