# Nawrocki cuts short Senegal visit and returns to Warsaw over police at the Constitutional Court

- URL: https://syn.by/en/society/nawrocki-cuts-short-senegal-visit/
- Published: 2026-10-31T19:00:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T15:10:09+00:00
- Section: Society
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/obshchestvo/navrotskiy-pryerval-vizit-v-syenyegal.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/hramadztva/naurocki-pierapyniu-vizyt-u-sieniehal.md

> Poland's Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek said he had submitted to the court five requests to lift the immunity of its chairman, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his deputy. A notice about the suspension of their powers has appeared on the court's website.

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short his visit to Senegal and returned to Warsaw. The reason was an incident at the Constitutional Court in the capital. The visit to Senegal has been cancelled.

The Polish outlet [Fakt](https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/akcja-policji-w-trybunale-konstytucyjnym-relacja-z-samolotu-prezydenckiej-delegacji/5w9sw36) was accompanying the presidential delegation bound for Dakar. The pilot informed some 18 journalists that the plane carrying the president was returning to Poland. Fakt's politics desk head Marek Sławiński, who was flying on a backup plane, said he did not believe the message at first: Nawrocki's post appeared with a slight delay.

According to [natemat.pl](https://natemat.pl/673684,tk-odbity-zarzadzili-przerwe-w-czynnosciach-sluzbowych-bogdana-swieczkowskiego), the president returned because of a threat to the lives and health of the court's judges and staff.

Nawrocki wrote on X: "At such a moment the president must be in Poland. I am interrupting my trip to Senegal. I am returning."

Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek warned the president against making a mistake and violating the Constitution. He also said he expected the situation outside the court building could escalate.

Żurek said he had submitted five requests to lift immunity to the Constitutional Court. Four concern consent to criminal prosecution of the court's acting chairman Bogdan Święczkowski, and one concerns vice-chairman Bartłomiej Sośnowski.

According to Żurek, 50 volumes of case materials relating to the matters in question are attached to the requests. All the documents have been handed to the court's most senior judge by length of service, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska.

Police entered the grounds of the Constitutional Court on October 30. According to natemat.pl, they came in response to a report of a possible threat to the lives and health of judges and staff; one of the court's judges called them. The Ukrainian outlet [24tv.ua](https://24tv.ua/geopolitics/bitva-za-konstitutsiyniy-tribunal-polshhi-prichini-hronologiya_n3171183) writes that in the evening police surrounded the building, where seven new judges were present.

According to natemat.pl, dangerous objects were thrown at police on the court's grounds, and three people who had got in there were detained. By the same account, police took no action against the court's security officers.

A notice has appeared on the Constitutional Court's website about the suspension of the activities of chairman Bogdan Święczkowski and vice-chairman Bartłomiej Sośnowski.

Police stated that their functions are statutory in nature and are aimed at ensuring safety and public order, not at interfering in the work of the court as an institution.