00:00Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed that the rule of law will prevail over violence
00:04after a confrontation at the Constitutional Tribunal deepened a decade-long dispute over Poland's top court.
00:10In a televised address on Saturday, Tusk called Friday's event scandalous.
00:15He said judges elected by Parliament had taken their oaths but were being blocked from taking up their duties.
00:22President Karol Nowoczki had tried to enter the building as police surrounded it.
00:27The dispute centers on eight new judges Nowoczki did not formally receive their oaths
00:32while Tribunal President Bogdan Sveczkowski refused to let them take up their policy.
00:37The opposition accuses Tusk's government of a coup.
00:40The government says it is restoring judicial independence.
00:44The European Commission said it was closely monitoring the crisis.
00:48It said appointing eight new tribunal members falls within Parliament's constitutional powers
00:53and that Polish authorities must ensure the court follows the Constitution and EU court rulings.
01:00European Conservatives and Reformists group backed Nowoczki
01:03accusing Tusk's government of violating the rule of law.
01:06Tusk offered no detailed plan to end the standoff
01:09but pledged to ensure the court could function independently.
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