Polish prosecutors plan to question President Nawrocki in constitutional tribunal probe

The National Prosecutor's Office has created a specialized unit to investigate the Constitutional Tribunal’s recent affairs, with two tribunal employees already facing charges. Prosecutors describe the investigation as multi-threaded and ongoing, and they are presently interviewing witnesses. They have formally asked President Karol Nawrocki to provide a suitable time for his testimony, given his frequent statements about the tribunal’s judges, including those who lodged complaints.

A parallel controversy concerns former minister Maciej Berek, appointed by the Sejm to the tribunal but allegedly lacking the constitutionally required ten-year legal advisory experience and having not yet taken the presidential oath. Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz highlighted these deficiencies, while tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski noted that the matter would become relevant only if Berek were sworn in, at which point disciplinary procedures might be considered.