President Karol Nawrocki on 3 November, during a gathering of the National safety Council in Warsaw, charged Prime Minister Donald Tusk with work for actions around the Constitutional Court. He announced the usage of his prerogatives to defend the constitutional order. At stake is the limit of government power and the certainty of Poles that the state acts on the basis of law, not political force.
The president has identified the 1 liable for the crisis
Karol Nawrocki started the Tuesday National safety Council gathering with a hard speech addressed to Donald Tusk. The president stated that the Prime Minister was liable for actions which the head of state finds illegal: suspension of judges, issuing orders and entering the seat of the Constitutional Court from the Office of the president of the Council of Ministers. These were political charges put forward by the President, not final court decisions.
Nawrocki told Tusk that "he already knows he's made a mistake." He besides estimated that the head of government lacked erstwhile allies and remained violent. specified strong words came straight to the Prime Minister, in the forum of a constitutional body advising the president on matters of State security. The RCN gathering was convened at 3 November at 3 p.m..
The announcement of the usage of presidential prerogatives
The president announced that he would not go over the situation in TK. He declared utilizing his prerogatives and mandate received from voters to halt an effort to overthrow constitutional order. He besides called on the Prime Minister to retreat from the actions taken in the Court building before the Holy of Independence.
It's an crucial change of tone. Not long ago. Karol Nawrocki called on the government to end the political war. Now the president speaks straight of the Prime Minister's work and announces the usage of the tools of the office. The conflict has ceased to be another exchange of opinions between the centres of power. It concerns who, and on what basis, can lead a constitutional institution.
Dispute over the Court
At the heart of the crisis is the dispute over the legality of the TK authorities and the position of persons elected by the current majority of the parliament. The Court’s authoritative website indicates Bogdan Święczkowski as president of the Constitutional Tribunal. The ruling camp questions any of the erstwhile personnel and legal decisions related to the Court. Each organization shall present its actions as a defence of the regulation of law.
That's where the border goes, which the state cannot cross. The dispute over the constitution must not be settled by facts made, by police advantage or by administrative submission to the institution of 1 party. Executive power is restricted even if it considers its own goal to be right. It's the essence of the system, not the formal addition.
The National diary has already described how Government left the Constitutional Court without budget for 2027. The current conflict shows that financial and legal force has evolved into an open fight for control of the state body.
State continuity is at stake
For Poles this is not an academic dispute between lawyers. If the government can itself set limits to the legality of the institutions to control it, the citizen loses the warrant that next day the same method will not be utilized in another case. The regulation of law requires procedures, peer control and patience for decisions that are politically uncomfortable.
The president rightly asked the Prime Minister's responsibility. Now action is needed in accordance with the constitution, full transparency of the legal bases and withdrawal of force from the function of political argument. Poland needs a strong state, but the strength of the state grows out of the law and trust of citizens. Without them, there is only the advantage of the camera over man.
Source: Chancellery of the president of the Republic of Poland, speech of the president at the National safety Council gathering of 3 November 2026; Onetu, Republic of Poland and Euronews accounts.
