Poland's president cut short a trip to Senegal and joined protesters who were facing off with police, Al Jazeera English reported. The outlet said police were deployed to the country's top court after its head judge was suspended. According to Al Jazeera English, the suspension is part of a long-running dispute over the politicisation of the Constitutional Tribunal under the former government. The outlet described the situation as a constitutional crisis. It was not immediately clear who ordered the suspension or on what grounds. The name of the suspended judge, the reason police were deployed and the size and demands of the protest were also not immediately clear. The president's name and what the president said or did at the protest were not immediately clear either.
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Poland's president joins protesters facing off with police, Al Jazeera English reports
Al Jazeera English reports the president cut short a trip to Senegal, and that police were deployed to the top court after its head judge was suspended [F3][F1]
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- Poland's president cut short a trip to Senegal and joined protesters facing off with police, according to Al Jazeera English.
- Police were deployed to the top court after its head judge was suspended, the outlet reported.
- According to Al Jazeera English, the situation has been described as a constitutional crisis.
- The outlet links the suspension to a long-running dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal under the former government.
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- Al Jazeera EnglishPolish police deployed to top court after head judge suspended
- Al Jazeera EnglishPoland’s president joins protest amid constitutional crisis at top court