The crisis around the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland. What is the dispute about?

Zdjęcie: Trybunał Konstytucyjny


The dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal (CC) is 1 of the most complicated and at the same time the most crucial political and legal conflicts in modern Polish history. Although the media regularly study on the successive episodes of this organization war - including blockades of buildings, interventions of the head of state or disputes over presidential mandates - for many citizens the legal complexities of the conflict stay unclear. What is the Constitutional Tribunal row truly about? What are the historical roots of this crisis, what is the phenomenon of legal dualism and why does this organization paralysis straight affect the life of all Pole?