President Duda addresses nation on constitutional crisis

President, Andrzej Duda, in a televised address said on Thursday evening that he swore in four constitutional judges who were elected on Wednesday in order to solve a political crisis. "Poles expect their politicians to work for the common good and the development of the state, and not to argue and fight," Duda said.  The president said that the previous parliament had appointed five Constitutional Tribunal judges in a legally flawed manner. "One can not accept the amendments to the law passed just before the election, which were aimed at the unilateral politicization of the Constitutional Tribunal. After all, this institution should be pluralistic and politicians should strictly respect this principle," Duda said.  The President also announced he will set up a team of experts whose role will be to work out rules for the selection of judges and the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal. President Duda didn't make any reference to the ruling of Thursday's Constitutional Tribunal.