TUSK’S UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF POLAND’S TOP COURT SPARKS DIPLOMATIC REVOLT AS AMBASSADORS RESIGN IN PROTEST
Poland’s ambassador to Romania, Pawel Soloch, has resigned in direct response to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s attempt to seize control of the Constitutional Tribunal. In a statement posted on X early Saturday, Soloch wrote:
“In connection with the fact of the attempt to unlawfully seize the Constitutional Tribunal, I see no possibility of continuing to serve as the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Romania. I have informed the President and Radoslaw Sikorski of my resignation.”
Soloch, a former head of the National Security Bureau under President Andrzej Duda, is the second senior diplomat to quit over the crisis. Hours earlier, Poland’s ambassador to China, Jakub Kumoch, announced his own resignation, stating: “In view of the events in the country, I have concluded that it is not possible for me to continue serving as Ambassador of the Republic of Poland. As of today, I have submitted my resignation and a request for recall.”
Both men are longtime figures from the previous conservative administration. Their departures come after an overnight escalation in Warsaw, where the Tribunal’s president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and vice president were suspended by a judge backed by Tusk’s parliamentary majority. Riot police sealed off the building as hundreds of protesters gathered, chanting against the government and accusing it of a constitutional coup.
President Karol Nawrocki cut short a trip to Senegal, returned immediately, and forced his way into the Tribunal. He described the events as “a breach of public order in the Republic of Poland and a forcible takeover of a constitutional body.” Nawrocki has repeatedly blocked Tusk’s attempts to pack the court with new judges, insisting the institution must remain independent of political control.
Tusk’s foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, responded to Kumoch’s resignation by declaring the diplomat no longer represents Poland and labeling the end of his mission unprofessional. Presidential aide Marcin Przydacz framed both resignations as a stand against “the lawlessness of D. Tusk.”
This is not routine political friction. Tusk’s center-left government has made dismantling the judicial reforms of the Law and Justice era a top priority, treating the Constitutional Tribunal as an obstacle to be removed rather than an independent check on power.
The ambassadors’ decision to walk away rather than serve under what they view as an illegal power grab makes clear how deep the rupture has become. Poland’s constitutional order is now openly contested, and the diplomatic corps is choosing sides.