Opposition to Poland’s Progressive Prime Minister Donald Tusk is mounting after he violently seized control of the constitutional court. Nearly half of Poles want him to resign, and massive protests have just started up. As the polls stand now, the 2027 elections would see Tusk removed from office, though a growing number of Poles don’t appear to want to wait that long.
Poland: Nearly half of Poles want PM Tusk to resign after his dramatic takeover of constitutional court with riot police– rmx.news
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Nearly half of Poles believe Prime Minister Donald Tusk should step down, according to the first poll released after his dramatic takeover of the Constitutional Tribunal, which involved riot police seizing the building. Another poll also shows that if elections were held now, his party would lose power and a right-wing coalition could come to power.
In a survey for the weekly Wprost, 47.4 percent of respondents said Tusk should no longer serve as prime minister, while 38.3 percent wanted him to remain in office and 14.3 percent expressed no opinion.
The findings come amid a sharp dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal, in which judges elected by the current parliamentary majority moved to suspend the court’s president and vice president, lowered the required quorum for decisions, and assumed control of its operations. One of the judges involved had not taken the oath of office before President Karol Nawrocki, which is a constitutional requirement.
A separate voting-intention poll by United Surveys by IBRiS for Wirtualna Polska, conducted Nov. 2, days after the tribunal events, showed Tusk’s Civic Coalition (KO) still leading but with a notable decline. KO stood at 27.2 percent, down 2.5 percentage points from the firm’s previous survey. Law and Justice (PiS) rose to 18.2 percent, up one point, followed by the right-wing Confederation at 13.3 percent and Grzegorz Braun’s right-wing Confederation of the Polish Crown at 11.6 percent. The Left registered 7.1 percent, while Rozwój Plus was at 5.2 percent.
