India, Oct. 31 -- Poland's Constitutional Tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski was removed by the court's longest-serving judge, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, on Friday. This sparked unrest ahead of the parliamentary elections slated to take place in 2027.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki was enroute Senegal but turned his plane around after his far-right ally was suspended for a year, escalating the row with pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his government for control of the judiciary.

Swieczkowski had been appointed by Tusk's far-right predecessor and after news of his suspension broke, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the tribunal. Right-wing politicians reportedly addressed the crowd and accused the Tusk government of carrying...