Poland's Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, intensified this Monday his criticism against the country's president, Karol Nawrocki, whom he holds fully responsible for the serious institutional crisis shaking the Constitutional Tribunal since last Friday.
The president's decision not to swear in the new magistrates of the Constitutional Court has triggered an internal rupture in the leadership of the body. The European Commission has aligned itself with Tusk's position, who blames his former political adversary, the leader of Law and Justice (PiS) and former prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczinski, for directing a destabilization maneuver with the complicity of President Nawrocki and with backing from Russia.
This Monday, Tusk reiterated that "the solution to the conflict is simple and possible without changes to the Constitution" since "the President recognizes the judges legitimately elected by Parliament, because that is what the Constitution establishes, and they take up their duties in the Tribunal".
However, instead of following that path, the president "has opted for a forced confrontation, which could cost Poland very dearly".
The head of Government has emphasized that "a democratic rule of law cannot yield to violence, regardless of how powerful the external forces supporting the PiS attack may be", and has guaranteed that the country "will not give in" to these pressures.
Tusk has spread his message through social networks, in his first reaction since Saturday, when he already directly pointed to Moscow as the ultimate actor behind this crisis. Then he pointed to one of the Kremlin's main spokespeople, former president Dimitri Medvedev.
"(Medvedev) Stated that a coup d'état has taken place in Poland, and that 'Tusk's liberals, protected by Brussels, oppress the conservatives of the PiS'. All clear", Tusk assured.
The Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, supported this interpretation this Tuesday and denounced a conspiracy on an "unprecedented scale".
"Please note that we are facing an unprecedented scale of cooperation on the network between Russian accounts and propagandists, and the global far right. This is an evident alliance. Or at least a collaboration. This should make us all think about who wants to sow chaos in Poland and whom it serves", he stated.