Polish opposition politicians are reporting that the police have entered the headquarters of the National Council of the Judiciary, a constitutional body of the state.
"No one has contacted the National Council of the Judiciary regarding the files that the prosecutor's office is attempting to seize by force from the Council's headquarters," said the Council's spokeswoman, Ewa Łosińska. "Locks are currently being broken on rooms within the National Council of the Judiciary's building."
Members of parliament from the Law and Justice party arrived at the scene. Among them was Dariusz Matecki, who informed via social media that the officers were preventing the parliamentarians from entering the National Council of the Judiciary building.
According to opposition politicians the prosecutor's are attempting to take possession of disciplinary files of several judges containing sensitive data. Until now the Council insisted that prosecutors have no right to access those files.
- Based on reporting by Dorzeczy and Niezalezna.
