"The problem is slightly similar to what has been happening in your country recently," Duda said at the event sponsored by the Atlantic Council and the Center for European Policy Analysis.
The conflict in Poland began in October when the outgoing government named five judges to the nation’s 15-judge Constitutional Court. The incoming government refused to seat those judges and named five judges of its own.
"The conflict started because the then [outgoing] government tried to take ownership of the Constitutional Court," Duda explained.
The standoff prompted President Barack Obama to reject requests to meet with his Polish counterpart, who is in Washington, Dc to attend the Nuclear Security Summit.
The Polish constitutional crisis mirrors a similar standoff over Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court. US Senate Republican leaders are refusing to meet with Garland, claiming the Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the next US president.
