Protests in Poland over the suspension of the Constitutional Tribunal's president, which Prime Minister Tusk defends

Summary

Poland took a step toward removing the chief justice of the country's top court, kicking off a showdown with the nationalist opposition ahead of a parliamentary election next year, Bloomberg reported on Friday 30 October, and police secured Poland's Constitutional Tribunal as protesters gathered against the suspension of the court's president, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Anti-government protesters rallied around the tribunal overnight to denounce the suspension of its president by the country's pro-European Cabinet, ABC News and the Inquirer reported on Saturday 31 October, police detaining three protesters as Poland's president backed the suspended judge, while The NY Times wrote that judges backed by the current government suspended the chief justice and that Poland deployed riot police in the standoff. Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the decision to suspend top court judges and accused the opposition of resorting to violence in an attempt to destroy the rule of law, Bloomberg reported, Tusk saying the government is acting to restore judicial independence, according to the Inquirer, as protesters gathered again.

Latest: Police detained three protesters during an overnight rally around the Constitutional Tribunal as Poland's president backed the suspended judge, ABC News and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, The NY Times writing that Poland deployed riot police in the standoff, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension, saying the government is acting to restore judicial independence, the Inquirer reported, Bloomberg writing that Tusk accused the opposition of resorting to violence.

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