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Prosecutor Seeks Immunity Lift for Poland’s Suspended Tribunal Leaders

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska announced a Nov. 3 meeting and suspended President Bogdan Swieczkowski and Deputy Bartlomiej Sochanski.
President Karol Nawrocki cut flight, returned to Warsaw Oct. 30, entered tribunal while protesters chanted “Tusk traitor.”
Police detained three protesters who breached the tribunal’s fence and threw objects at officers.
Prosecutor Waldemar Zurek filed five immunity-lifting requests, four against Swieczkowski and one against Sochanski.
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called the suspension a coup.

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Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska announced a Nov. 3 meeting and suspended President Bogdan Swieczkowski and Deputy Bartlomiej Sochanski.
President Karol Nawrocki cut flight, returned to Warsaw Oct. 30, entered tribunal while protesters chanted “Tusk traitor.”
Police detained three protesters who breached the tribunal’s fence and threw objects at officers.
Prosecutor Waldemar Zurek filed five immunity-lifting requests, four against Swieczkowski and one against Sochanski.
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called the suspension a coup.