On August 29th – just before the next extraordinary session of the Sejm – the legislative committee of the Sejm will consider the government's draft bill on the State Commission for the Investigation of Acts Directed Against Sexual Freedom and Morality concerning minors under 15 years of age. In short, this is the project establishing a commission on pedophilia, which Jarosław Kaczyński announced during the European election campaign.

As we wrote over the weekend on 300POLITYKA, the Sejm is not in a hurry to process the government's proposal. Given the Sejm's schedule, it will be difficult to establish the commission without shortening the vacatio legis or possibly convening an additional session. Even if the Sejm adopts the bill in its current form on August 30th, the Senate approves it on the same day, and the president signs it just as quickly, the Sejm will be able to elect the commission members at the earliest in late September, by which time there will be no session.

If PiS wants to establish the commission within the current term, the only solution is to shorten the vacatio legis, conduct swift parliamentary work, and elect members at the last Sejm session of this term, from September 11th to 13th. Otherwise, the matter will be postponed to the next parliamentary term.