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Poland Kasala: Nawrocki Rush Back As Police Flood Constitutional Tribunal

Poland dey face serious political kasala for Warsaw as President Karol Nawrocki cut short im trip to Senegal and rush back home, while police deploy to di Constitutional Tribunal and protests dey grow outside di court.

News reports say di power struggle centre on di Constitutional Tribunal. Al Jazeera report say Polish police deploy to di top court after dem suspend di head judge. Notes From Poland report say chaos burst out as government-backed judges move to remove di chief justice.

Outside di Tribunal, protesters gather to oppose changes to di court composition and government policies. Reports from Warsaw say protesters, politicians and law enforcement officers dey ground, and President Nawrocki also arrive. Some protesters try cut di chain on di Tribunal gate with angle grinder and attempt enter di premises. Speakers at di protest express dissatisfaction with European Union policies and claim di government dey try limit powers of di incumbent president.

Member of European Parliament Arkadiusz Mularczyk report say police from across Poland dey come to di Constitutional Tribunal. One order to regional police commanders also surface, saying from November 2 to 8 all units must dey ready for immediate deployment. Police Headquarters confirm di document real, but talk say di measures relate to threats of sabotage and subversion, no be political crisis.

Nawrocki, wey dey linked with right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS), cancel im trip to Senegal as im camp claim na attempted coup. One Washington Examiner report describe am as ‘Donald Tusk-led coup d’état’ at di court wey police surround.