NEWS

13/06/2019

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Thursday's Political Agenda: PiS Political Committee, Sejm Debates Teacher's Charter Changes, Amber Gold Commission Report Amendments, and PM Morawiecki in Budapest for V4 Meeting

The Sejm will resume its session at 9:00 AM with topical information and questions on current affairs. At 1:00 PM, MPs will address changes to the Teacher's Charter, which are intended to guarantee educators an almost 10 percent pay raise from September 1st. The evening voting block, during which, among other things, a new member of the verification committee will be elected, will commence at 8:00 PM and is scheduled to last until 11:00 PM. MPs will most likely also adopt the aforementioned changes to the Teacher's Charter and the draft of the so-called electricity law amendment.

At 9:00 AM, the Sejm's investigative committee for VAT fraud will begin hearings. Maciej Berek and Magdalena Taczanowska have been summoned for today. At 10:00 AM, the Civic Platform's investigative team will convene to discuss the wiretapping scandal and the role of Marek Falenta. At noon, the investigative committee for Amber Gold will meet in a closed session. Half an hour later – this time with media present – committee members will consider amendments submitted to the final report.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will be on a visit to Budapest, where at 11:20 AM he will participate in a meeting of the V4 heads of government, and at noon, he will attend a working breakfast of Visegrad Group leaders.

President Andrzej Duda continues his visit to the United States. Andrzej Duda will visit Houston, where at 11:30 PM Polish time he will meet with Mayor Sylvester Turner, and at 2:00 AM at night, the Presidential Couple will meet with representatives of the Polish diaspora and present decorations.

At 12:30 PM, the District Court in Warsaw has set a date for the announcement of the verdict in the trial of former Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Tomasz Arabski, and four other officials, concerning the organization of the flight to Smolensk on April 10, 2010.

At 3:00 PM, a meeting of the PiS Political Committee will take place, as confirmed a few days ago by Ryszard Terlecki. "The political committee will discuss the government changes that have occurred, as well as changes within the party, for example, the spokesperson's position, and will summarize the last election campaign," said the head of the PiS club in an interview with Polish Radio. "In addition, we will discuss parliamentary elections. The issue of appointing an election staff will be discussed," he added.

Also, today, the merger of the Civic Platform-Civic Coalition and Nowoczesna clubs is expected to take place. In the afternoon, the first session will be held, during which a deputy chairperson of the club representing Nowoczesna will be elected.