Two senior Polish ambassadors resign in protest over Constitutional Tribunal crisis
Poland's ambassadors to Romania and China, Paweł Soloch and Jakub Kumoch, have resigned in protest following the suspension of Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski. President Karol Nawrocki cut short an official visit to Senegal to return to Warsaw and address the judicial dispute, which has deepened concerns about Poland's institutional stability.
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Paweł Soloch, Poland's ambassador to Romania, announced his resignation through social media on October 30, stating that he had informed President Karol Nawrocki and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski of his decision. In his statement, Soloch explained that he could not continue serving as ambassador to Romania given what he described as an illegal attempt to seize control of the Constitutional Tribunal. Jakub Kumoch, Poland's ambassador to China, made an identical decision to resign, according to reports.
The crisis began when the Constitutional Tribunal's official website was reportedly compromised, and reports emerged that Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, had been removed from their positions. The tribunal maintained that its leadership remained able to perform its functions. President Nawrocki interrupted his official trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw, where he personally visited the tribunal building. During this visit, he directly told judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, who had been elected by the current parliament, that she did not hold a legitimate position as a Constitutional Tribunal judge.
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