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Zbigniew Bogucki wrote that President Karol Nawrocki considered taking an oath before the president a necessary condition for assuming the office of a judge of a common court or the Constitutional Tribunal. According to Bogucki, Nawrocki emphasized that this obligation pertains to the office of the president, not a specific person. Bogucki also conveyed that Nawrocki assessed that individuals taking an oath before the Speaker of the Sejm undermine their qualifications to sit on the Constitutional Tribunal by demonstrating a lack of basic knowledge. He added that the president stated that the Speaker of the Sejm does not have the authority to swear in judges. #Polska #Konstytucja #sędziowie (translated)

"Certainly, he is not a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal. President Karol Nawrocki stated that if Berek did not fulfill the formalities of taking an oath before the head of state, 'he certainly is not a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal.'" #Manifestacja #PrawoiSprawiedliwość #MarszNiepodległości (translated)

Thank you for the solidarity, courage, and support shown to the judges and employees of the Tribunal, who face pressure, attempts at intimidation, and institutional violence every day. Bogdan Święczkowski later informed that Maciej Berek did not establish an employment relationship and was not allowed to adjudicate until obtaining the president's opinion regarding the oath. #Manifestacja #PrawoiSprawiedliwość #MarszNiepodległości (translated)

A demonstration organized by Law and Justice is taking place in front of the Constitutional Tribunal in connection with the controversies surrounding the swearing-in of the new judge of the Tribunal, Maciej Berek, and the criticism of the current government. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Protesty #PrawoiSprawiedliwość (translated)

Adam Mazguła criticized those protesting in defense of the Constitutional Tribunal, claiming they were manipulated by the politics of PiS and Karol Nawrocki. According to him, the protesters defended abuses related to the Tribunal, which — as he wrote — PiS had previously destroyed and subordinated to party interests. Mazguła reminded that the Constitutional Tribunal consists of 15 judges elected individually by the Sejm for 9 years, according to Article 194, paragraph 1 of the Constitution. He asked why Nawrocki does not accept the oaths of the judges if he does not elect them. He argued that the Tribunal should protect citizens against abuses of power, including from the government of Donald Tusk. The author accused Jarosław Kaczyński, Nawrocki, and the television stations he described as spreading Russian propaganda of inciting protests. He urged Poles not to support — as he put it — political oppression, and encouraged photographing and documenting the participants of the protests. #PrawdąWOczy #WPoczuciuOdpowiedzialności #TarczaWolnościSłowa #BronimyKonstytucji #ŻołnierzGorszegoSortu #PrawaCzłowieka #WolnośćSłowa #ŚwieckośćPaństwa #PrawaKobiet #BronimyKonstytucji #PrawaCzłowieka #WolnośćSłowa (translated)

Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the judges were appointed in accordance with the law, and the president, refusing to accept the oath from, among others, Berek, "abdicates" from the duties defined in the constitution. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #KryzysKonstytucyjny #PrawaCzłowieka (translated)

WolnośćTV published an exchange of views between Sośnierz and a TVP expert regarding the oath of office taken before the president. Sośnierz said he would press the "red button" if the expert claimed that the oath could be taken without the president's presence, and described such reasoning as an interpretive somersault. The conversation also included a statement that the president does not have the authority to accept or reject the oath. The discussants then debated whether one of them interrupted the other. #polityka #TVP #Debata (translated)

The dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal intensified after Maciej Berek took an oath as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal on Wednesday during a ceremony in the Sejm, stating that he does so "in the presence of the president." #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #DonaldTusk #spór (translated)

Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized on Wednesday that the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal were appointed in accordance with the law, and President Nawrocki, by refusing to accept the oath from, among others, Berek, is "abdicating" from the duties imposed on him by the constitution. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #JarosławKaczyński #protest (translated)

The head of the KPRP, Zbigniew Bogucki, indicated that the lack of additional documentation confirming Berek's performance of the duties of legal advisor for ten years is the reason why the president is withholding acceptance of his oath. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #KryzysPrawny #Sędziowie (translated)

Prof. Piotr Tuleja suggests that the crisis surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal can be resolved by recognizing the oaths of all judges elected by the Sejm through the General Assembly and appeals to the president to uphold the constitution. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #KryzysPrawny #Sędziowie (translated)

The author of the entry, r00t, criticized MP Smoliński for the announcement of holding police officers accountable after next year's elections. He claimed that the words about remembering the face of every officer could have a coercive character and called on the relevant authorities to assess them for potential criminal liability. He recalled Article 190 § 1 and Article 224 § 2 of the Penal Code, concerning — as he pointed out — punishable threats and unlawful threats used to influence the actions of a public official. He clarified that he did not preclude whether the MP's statement meets the criteria of those offenses. The author appealed for any potential abuse of powers by police officers to be reported through the proper authorities and procedures, rather than announcing political retaliation. He also referred to Article 104 § 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the parliamentary oath. He wrote that the words of the parliamentarian could have been perceived by participants in the demonstration as an endorsement for intimidating police officers, and emphasized that the events outside the Constitutional Tribunal did not place demonstrators or MPs above the law. #prawo #obowiązek #polityka (translated)

Michał Sopiński wrote that Berek was not a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal and did not have the immunity of a Constitutional Tribunal judge because he did not take an oath before the President of Poland. He cited Article 128 of the Penal Code, indicating that it imposed penalties of 3 to 20 years in prison for actions aimed at violently removing a constitutional organ of the state, from 3 months to 5 years for preparations for such a crime, and from 1 to 10 years for using violence or unlawful threats to influence the official activities of such an organ. #Prawo #Konstytucja #TK (translated)

Dariusz Mazur accused President Kaczyński of misrepresenting the words of his deceased brother, President Lech Kaczyński, regarding the oath of Judge Bagińska for political gain. Mazur reminded that Lech Kaczyński spoke about the several-week delay in accepting the oath and attempts to persuade the judge to resign, but ultimately accepted it, believing that the constitution required it after Bagińska was appointed by the Sejm as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal. Mazur emphasized that the president did not refuse to accept the oath and — as he wrote — had no legal basis for doing so. He added that the Council of Europe is made up of 46 states, not 63. #Kaczyński (translated)