The ruling coalition in Poland has seemingly lost its opportunity to fill vacant positions in the Constitutional Tribunal due to a legal challenge filed by PiS against its own regulations governing judicial appointments.
The current Polish ruling coalition appears to have squandered its chance to fill open positions in the Constitutional Tribunal as the Law and Justice party (PiS) has filed a challenge against the provisions that govern the selection of judges, even though these provisions were authored by PiS itself. The case, initiated on February 3, 2026, is set to be heard by the Tribunal on March 10, with the president of the Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, designating five correctly appointed judges to handle the matter. This situation highlights a strategic delay by the coalition in proposing its candidates to the Tribunal to potentially complicate judicial proceedings under Święczkowski's presidency and to prolong the dominance of the judges it has previously appointed.
