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President Karol Nawrocki announced on Friday, 30 October, that he would cancel his scheduled trip to Senegal and return to Poland. The announcement was made in a brief post on the social‑media platform X, in which Nawrocki wrote: “In such a moment the President must be in Poland. I am canceling the flight to Senegal. Returning to Poland.” He did not specify the reason for the change of plans. The decision is linked to an ongoing dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal (Trybunał Konstytucyjny). The controversy centers on the status of Maciej Berek, who was elected by the Sejm as a judge of the Tribunal. Berek, a former minister in Donald Tusk’s government, took his judicial oath on 14 October during a ceremony in the Sejm. President Nawrocki has argued that the oath was not taken in accordance with legal requirements. The Tribunal’s president, Bogdan Święczkowski, has refused to allow Berek to sit on the bench pending the President’s decision. A letter from Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the President’s Office, was received by the Tribunal on 27 October. The letter states that, in the President’s view, Berek has not established a judicial relationship with the Tribunal. The dispute has already affected the President’s foreign itinerary. In mid‑October Nawrocki cancelled his participation in a meeting of leaders of the Arraiolos Group in Slovenia, citing the situation at the Tribunal as the reason. The Senegal visit, originally scheduled to run from 30 October to 1 November, was intended to include discussions on Poland’s bid for permanent membership in the G20 and to attend the opening ceremony of the IV Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. The President had also planned to meet with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The cancellation was announced shortly before the President’s departure. The President’s office has not provided further details on the specific events that prompted the decision, but the ongoing legal dispute over Berek’s appointment appears to be the primary factor. Article source: Rzeczpospolita | Image credit: Rzeczpospolita
President Karol Nawrocki announced on Friday, 30 October, that he would cancel his scheduled trip to Senegal and return to Poland. The announcement was made in a brief post on the social‑media platform X, in which Nawrocki wrote: “In such a moment the President must be in Poland. I am canceling the flight to Senegal. Returning to Poland.” He did not specify the reason for the change of plans. The decision is linked to an ongoing dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal (Trybunał Konstytucyjny). The controversy centers on the status of Maciej Berek, who was elected by the Sejm as a judge of the Tribunal. Berek, a former minister in Donald Tusk’s government, took his judicial oath on 14 October during a ceremony in the Sejm. President Nawrocki has argued that the oath was not taken in accordance with legal requirements. The Tribunal’s president, Bogdan Święczkowski, has refused to allow Berek to sit on the bench pending the President’s decision. A letter from Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the President’s Office, was received by the Tribunal on 27 October. The letter states that, in the President’s view, Berek has not established a judicial relationship with the Tribunal. The dispute has already affected the President’s foreign itinerary. In mid‑October Nawrocki cancelled his participation in a meeting of leaders of the Arraiolos Group in Slovenia, citing the situation at the Tribunal as the reason. The Senegal visit, originally scheduled to run from 30 October to 1 November, was intended to include discussions on Poland’s bid for permanent membership in the G20 and to attend the opening ceremony of the IV Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. The President had also planned to meet with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The cancellation was announced shortly before the President’s departure. The President’s office has not provided further details on the specific events that prompted the decision, but the ongoing legal dispute over Berek’s appointment appears to be the primary factor.
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