At the centre of the confrontation is a power struggle over the country's judiciary, pitting Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European government against Nawrocki and the conservative opposition. Police guarded Poland's Constitutional Tribunal as protesters opposed Bogdan Święczkowski's suspension. The confrontation deepened a long-running dispute over judicial independence and. Protesters opposed the suspension of Bogdan Święczkowski as police guarded Poland's Constitutional Tribunal, prompting the president to abandon his overseas trip.