Prof. Safjan has criticized the conduct of President Karol Nawrocki in the dispute around Poland's Constitutional Tribunal, telling Wyborcza.pl that the president's actions went beyond the boundaries of what a head of state is permitted to do. The comment was published on Saturday, 31 October 2026, according to the outlet.
The remarks followed a turbulent episode at the tribunal. TVN24 reported that Nawrocki left the Constitutional Tribunal building and called what it described as urgent consultations. WP Wiadomości reported that the tribunal's older judges issued a statement amid the uproar.
Newsweek reported that the governing coalition had a plan for the tribunal, and that Nawrocki's entry changed the situation entirely, describing the account as behind-the-scenes. Wyborcza.pl also reported that the tribunal matter has drawn together figures usually at odds, including Bosak and Mentzen, PiS and Braun, with the right seeking to "bring down Tusk."
The coverage points to a widening political confrontation over the tribunal's composition and authority, with critics of the president's move and opposition figures framing the dispute in sharply different terms. The details of the judges' statement and the substance of the coalition's earlier plan were not fully set out in the reporting summarized here.
What to watch next: whether the president's consultations produce a formal position, and how the tribunal's judges respond.