Tribunal Chief Defies Suspension, Attempts Entry
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Bogdan Święczkowski arrived at the Constitutional Tribunal today to appeal his suspension in person, testing the government's October effort to seize control of the court. Having been denied entry earlier this month, the justice stated he will be more decisive in his attempt to return to the bench.
The political center is not holding much better than the court. New polling shows the opposition Law and Justice party at a historic low, while the ruling coalition is also losing support. Jarosław Kaczyński has attempted to arrest the slide with a new electoral strategy, though it appears to contradict almost everything he previously said about the upcoming vote.
The government is meanwhile drafting the 'Hania Law' to extend state financial support even after a recipient's death. Former president Aleksander Kwaśniewski suggested that the current incumbent, Karol Nawrocki, is damaging the office of the president.