Thursday marks the first day of the resumed second session of the Sejm. At 11:00 AM, a Christmas Eve meeting of MPs will take place in the main hall with the participation of the Sejm leadership and Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz.

At 12:30 PM, deliberations will begin on the so-called disciplinary law for judges. Politicians from Law and Justice have announced that amendments drafted by the Ministry of Justice and the Agreement party will be submitted to the bill. The opposition will demand the rejection of the law in its first reading. The second reading is scheduled for tomorrow morning, with a vote to follow a few hours later.

At 4:30 PM, the justice committee will give its opinion on the candidacy of Rafał Wojciechowski for a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal.

Marshal of the Senate Tomasz Grodzki will meet with successive ambassadors: from Cuba (at 12:00 PM) and Russia (at 2:00 PM).

- I was in Krakow [at the protest]. A retired Constitutional Tribunal judge should speak out on all public matters that concern the Constitution. Because I will not be ruling, my status perhaps allows me more than if I were ruling, but regardless of whether I was ruling or not, I believe it is a judge's duty, if they believe the Constitution is threatened, to speak out on the matter in the public sphere – stated Piotr Tuleja in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

I believe the situation has become a dead end. I don't see a good way out of it for two reasons. I don't particularly believe that the political scenario will be different from what happened with the Constitutional Tribunal in December 2015. That is, various laws will be passed. Incidentally, the law on the Constitutional Tribunal, which was so pushed through then and was supposed to lead to the tribunal's recovery, was later repealed, and essentially all the solutions that were previously in force were reintroduced. But that's history. However, here there are no signs that these laws will not be passed, while the judges have been cornered because, from the judges' perspective, there are essentially three provisions of the Constitution, which for judges is the most important legal act. The provision that says the Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic of Poland, the provision that says a judge is subject to the Constitution and laws, meaning they are subject to the Constitution first and foremost, and the provision that says international agreements and EU law take precedence over laws in case of conflict, a judge has an obligation to apply these agreements and this international law. So, if judges are forbidden from doing so, it's a bit like forbidding doctors from adhering to the Hippocratic Oath - stated Piotr Tuleja in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- This is, of course, about a political protest. The protest clearly had and has a political character. Judges are joining it. This is a [disciplinary] law for judges, which brings order to our system, preventing judges from questioning the judgments of judges chosen by the National Judicial Council and, according to the President's prerogative, by taking an oath or a judge being appointed to the bench. As Jarosław Kaczyński rightly put it, this would blow up our entire judicial system. We must ensure that there is order in Poland. We cannot allow a situation where judgments are questioned. We may internally disagree or agree with them, we may comment on them in some way, but we cannot undermine the judgments of judges. This order must be maintained – stated Stanisław Karczewski in an interview with Paweł Lisicki on "Salon polityczny Trójki".

- We live in an absolutely democratic state. So, if judges want to engage in politics, they're a bit late because there were elections not too long ago, and they should have run in the elections and had political influence over what's happening in Poland - stated Stanisław Karczewski in an interview with Paweł Lisicki on "Salon polityczny Trójki".

„This is a defense of all of us citizens. Because I would like to know and have certainty that if my case goes to court, the judge is guided solely by their experience, knowledge, and application of the law, that they are not subject to political influence or orders. And at the moment, observing what is happening, this hunt for judges simply because they act in accordance with the law, they want to apply European law, and are punished for it” - said KO presidential candidate, Deputy Marshal Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

„The real aim of this law, besides strongly intimidating judges and showing that PiS can expel them from the profession, destroy their lives if they don't act under the dictate of politicians, might be a provision on how easily the First President of the Supreme Court can be changed. And I remind you that the First President of the Supreme Court is the chairman of the State Tribunal” – stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Civic Coalition's presidential candidate and Deputy Marshal, in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

„It is [the law is intended as insurance for PAD] completely. Not only for him, but for many, many politicians. Absolute certainty that there will be no one here who will be independent of their politics” – she added.

"Civic Platform absolutely needs change, and I am convinced of this. There will be elections, and every PO member will have one vote to make such a decision. But travelling around Poland, and I've visited all regions during the pre-campaign and spoken with all the structures, there is an expectation, people expect us to start acting differently as a formation, as a party, that there will be more discussion within our party" - said Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, KO's presidential candidate and Deputy Marshal, in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

„We hear from Poles that the Civic Platform, the opposition, must be responsible and effective, that it's time for change. It's time to start building a good, effective, substantive opposition. This must happen based on new energy, based on people who want and can build good teams. I confirm what I have previously declared, that in the name of responsibility for both PO, but above all for an effective and good opposition, I have decided to run in the elections for the leader of PO, and I am pleased that one of the first people to give me her support is President Rafał Trzaskowski” – said the chairman of the Civic Coalition club, Borys Budka, at a press conference in the Sejm.

„A mature political party makes decisions about its future at the appropriate time. Such a moment is precisely the elections for the party leader. This is the time for change, and in my firm conviction, Borys Budka is the guarantor of change in PO” – added the Mayor of the capital city of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski.

„Another attempt to muzzle not only the judiciary, but above all Poles. It is an attempt to take away what is most important, namely the elementary sense of freedom and justice. Fortunately, there is a democratic Senate. We are able to do many things there, but I promise hard work in parliament and that we will do everything to expose the evil of this law. This is a law that does not reform anything, but solely and exclusively subordinates the judiciary to this government” - said the chairman of the Civic Coalition caucus, Borys Budka, at a press conference in the Sejm.

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PiS will not withdraw this act. The Civic Coalition parliamentary club has submitted a motion to reject it, not to include it in the daily agenda. It is evident that PiS is determined to introduce this act against the principles of good legislation, against common sense, and above all, against the freedom of citizens. They know that the Senate will not deal with it within a dozen or so hours, so the haste is only to show their strength and arrogance, and in reality, to divert attention from the issues that Poles have been discussing lately – from the Banas case, the Polish Red Cross, and all the matters swirling around PiS. It's a smokescreen

” - said the Civic Coalition presidential candidate, Deputy Marshal Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, in a conversation with journalists in the Sejm.

"My support will come in the coming days, but I'm very happy that it's time for change in the Civic Platform" - said Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Civic Coalition's presidential candidate and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, in a conversation with journalists in the Sejm.

These are the results of a Kantar Millward Brown survey conducted on behalf of TVN:

PiS-Porozumienie-SP - 41% (+1)

Civic Coalition - 27% (+1)

The Left - 12%

PSL-Kukiz'15 - 7%

Confederation - 7%

The opposition could have won the morning vote on expanding the Sejm's agenda to include the so-called judicial discipline bill. The parties had already declared their opposition during the Convention of Seniors.

During the vote, 34 MPs were absent from the ranks of Law and Justice. Among the Civic Coalition MPs, as many as 11 parliamentarians were absent, 12 from The Left, and 7 from PSL. This refers to two votes from the morning session - primarily vote number 23, as well as 24 (time for discussion on points added to the agenda).

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At 7 PM, the Committee on Justice and Human Rights will convene to discuss the disciplinary law bill.

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The Left parliamentary club is demanding explanations from its MPs who were absent during a crucial vote. The club's secretary is expected to draw regulatory consequences from these absences.

This development follows a recent parliamentary session where several members of the Left club were not present to cast their votes on a significant piece of legislation. The party's leadership has expressed disappointment and is now seeking to understand the reasons behind these absences.

Sources within the club indicate that the secretary has been tasked with investigating the circumstances of each absent MP's non-attendance. Depending on the findings, disciplinary actions or other regulatory measures could be implemented, as stipulated by the club's internal regulations.

The tweet referenced, posted from the official @__Lewica account, likely provides a direct link to the club's statement or a related news report on the matter.

„We should all be present. Every MP should be in the Sejm chamber during votes. There are no excuses for absence” – stated Deputy Marshal Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in the Sejm.

- This project aims to clarify and eliminate any doubts regarding the status of judges, but primarily to improve the functioning of the justice system. In recent months, we have witnessed attempts to introduce chaos and anarchy into a democratic rule of law. The total opposition, and sadly, a part of the judiciary itself, claims the right to decide who is a judge and who is not. Whose verdicts are valid and whose are not. They question the status of judges recommended by the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) and appointed by the President, by constitutional state organs. They frighten Poles that the verdicts issued in their cases may be deemed invalid. However, these threats have no basis in legal provisions. You are engaging in politics without considering Poles, because every case involves real people. Their real stories and private dramas. And adopting their unjustified and truly dangerous for the state line of thinking would allow for the questioning of almost all judges in Poland. Those appointed by the previous KRS, whose incompatibility with the Constitution was stated by the Constitutional Tribunal, and over 700 judges appointed before 1989 by the communist Council of State. And what then will happen to the verdicts that were passed years ago? From 1989 to the present day, that's as many as 274 million cases involving Poles. Undermining them, questioning them by the opposition or the aforementioned group of judges would be nothing less than an overt attempt to introduce chaos and, worse, to undermine the constitutional principle of judicial immovability - stated Jan Kanthak in the Sejm during the first reading of the so-called judicial discipline bill.

- Surely, you all remember the recent words of the leader of the largest opposition party, Grzegorz Schetyna, who said that judges would be remembered and held accountable. This is precisely your understanding of free courts. This is the opposition's vision of free courts. They want to segregate judges, dividing them into better and worse. Some they like, others they don't. But this way, you're not dividing judges, you're dividing Poles, and above all, you are destroying the foundations of the rule of law. Yes, precisely, that's how the opposition politicians and the group of judges they support view the separation of powers. That's how they view judicial independence, free from political pressure, when they talk about condemning and holding them accountable – stated Jan Kanthak in the Sejm, during the first reading of the so-called disciplinary bill for judges.

- I will present a few figures. Nearly 700 vacant judicial positions, which amounts to almost 10% of all judges in Poland, are the result of obstructionist actions by judicial circles opposing reforms of the justice system. They delay or even block the opinion-giving process for judges and candidates for vacant judicial posts - stated Jan Kanthak in the Sejm, during the first reading of the so-called disciplinary bill for judges.

During Jan Kanthak's speech, opposition MPs chanted "constitution," and three opposition MPs unfurled a banner with the same inscription. Ryszard Terlecki, presiding over the session, stated that the MPs had violated the dignity of the Sejm.

- *Based on Article 175, paragraph 2, I declare that you three MPs, through your behavior in the session hall, are violating the dignity of the Sejm. This is a necessary formula for you to be punished* - Ryszard Terlecki said during the debate.

- People demand that we introduce justice system reforms. We are not discovering anything new; we are acting like a responsible parliamentary majority, elected in a democratic election. A responsible parliamentary majority must react to the coup, the chaos, and the anarchy introduced by a handful of judges who are at the service of the total opposition - said Przemysław Czarnek during a parliamentary debate. 

The Jarosław Gowin Agreement supports the direction of the presented changes and understands the rationale behind the need for their introduction. These reasons primarily concern the need to ensure citizen security through the stability of rulings issued in Polish courts, as well as the need to prevent the anarchization of the Polish judiciary, which is the direction some judicial circles are heading towards. At the same time, we share some of the remarks expressed in the BAS opinion. Therefore, we will submit a series of amendments aimed at eliminating provisions that could potentially be inconsistent with EU law or the Polish Constitution. We will also propose preceding the act with a preamble that clearly defines the values underlying the need to adopt this regulation- stated Kamil Bortniczuk during the first reading of the so-called bill disciplining judges.

- The question arises why you are doing this. For the good of the citizens? Nothing could be further from the truth. This is all to cover up the dozens of scandals the public is talking about. Where is your Banaś today, who just last week was so fiercely attacking the Ministry of Justice - said Borys Budka during a parliamentary debate.

- The real reason for this law and this submission is a panicked attempt to escape responsibility. The real reason for this law is that you know the time of your defeat is approaching, that the time is approaching when you will be held accountable in Polish courts for all these scandals that Poles have witnessed over the last four years - said Borys Budka during the parliamentary debate.

- Let there be no doubt, this law is not a parliamentary bill. This is a project written within the walls of the Ministry of Justice. Only cowardice and fear of responsibility, of the State Tribunal, have caused him to send his lackeys. He sends those who could just as well have stood here 50 years ago and acted in the name of the then only correct party. Times change, but you are always on the wrong side. You are an anti-Polish, anti-European party, because what you are doing now is leading Poland out of the EU – said Borys Budka during the Sejm debate.

„This is an expression of your defeat, incompetence, and pettiness. It is not a legal act. It is an act of revenge against those you consider guilty, because of course, you yourselves are always crystal clear, spotless, without fault. You need to find a culprit. Today, the accused in your opinion is a judge. The accused has the face of a judge, because they are impartial, independent, because they think, because they have their own opinion, because they speak not about politics, but about matters concerning justice” - stated the leader of PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, in the Sejm.

„Today's bill is your admission of mistakes and incompetence that you have made. You did not reform the justice system for citizens, only for the greed of your power. This has been guiding you from the very beginning” – said the leader of PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, in the Sejm.

“The opposition must look within. Today we failed during the morning votes. This cannot happen again,” said the leader of the Polish People's Party (PSL), Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, in the Sejm.

- In the justification of the bill, its authors state that, pay attention, “the primary goal of the bill is to regulate systemic issues related to the status of a judge”. How cynical and perverse these words sound. Regulation? Someone is mistaken here. It should have been subordination. Subordination, incapacitation, muzzling, pacification. This is the true goal of this project – said Krzysztof Śmiszek during a parliamentary debate.

• We have listened to MP Kanthak, who presented the bill to us, and I think we should agree on one thing. If we are presenting such important bills, then someone more serious should present them, but we cannot lie. It cannot be that an MP stands up and provides false information. As early as 2016, the Human Rights Ombudsman monitored and informed Minister Ziobro not to halt, not to freeze judicial positions. He was freezing over 200 at the time because the duration was extending. In 2017, the positions frozen by Mr. Ziobro, with whom Mr. Kanthak works, numbered over 500, and today it's over 745. I put forward the thesis: you are deliberately freezing these positions so that the duration of case proceedings is extended. And my question is: why, if you are reforming the justice system, can we not know the charges against Mr. Banas? Why do we not know Mr. Morawiecki's financial statements, and why are we not questioning President Kaczyński, given that you have been reforming the justice system for up to 4 years? Why? Who will answer this question? Who knows the answer to this question? Mr. Ziobro, will you answer these questions for us? - stated Sławomir Nitras during the first reading of the so-called bill to discipline judges.
• Will you answer my question, how many millions does Morawiecki have and why is he the only politician whose financial statements we do not know? Will someone answer these questions for me? You are covering up your own. I will tell you something: you are all Banasies - he added.

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, stated that everyone who protested in defense of the judiciary deserves an apology. She made these remarks in a response to a Twitter user.

“All those who protested in defense of our courts, who defended democracy, who defended the rule of law, deserve our apology,” Kidawa-Błońska wrote on Twitter.

She added that the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska - PO) and the entire opposition are ready to take responsibility for the current political situation and for the divisions within Polish society.

The deputy marshal also emphasized that the opposition is ready to implement changes that will restore trust in the judiciary.

The statement comes amid ongoing protests against recent judicial reforms implemented by the ruling Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość - PiS) party. Critics argue that these reforms undermine the independence of the judiciary and violate the rule of law.

The Civic Platform, the main opposition party, has been a vocal critic of the PiS government's judicial policies and has participated in various protests and demonstrations.

The tweet in question is a reply to a user who asked Kidawa-Błońska for her opinion on the protests and the government's actions.

- The unlawful questioning of the status of judges appointed by the current National Council of the Judiciary and the accompanying process of unprecedented pressure on them to suspend themselves and essentially cease adjudicating is an unparalleled demonstration that actions are indeed being taken in Poland that are aimed at the very foundations of the Polish justice system. This can be compared to placing an explosive charge under the pillars of Polish judicature, where those who plant it take millions of Polish citizens hostage, citizens who until now could count on the fact that the judgments issued in their cases over the last 30 years, once they became final, were certain and guaranteed their rights, ensured legal certainty, and could also count now, while proceedings are ongoing in courts, that these judgments will be decided and unquestioned by judges authorized to do so. But if we agree to this kind of principle, which has just been created in the Supreme Court, that the status of a judge previously appointed by the president – be it Andrzej Duda, the late Lech Kaczyński, Bronisław Komorowski, Lech Wałęsa, or Aleksander Kwaśniewski – can be questioned, we introduce gigantic confusion, chaos, and the danger of anarchy, which will cause a complete anarchization of the Polish judiciary, and we will not allow this - stated Zbigniew Ziobro during the first reading of the so-called bill disciplining judges.

- We will see the reform through to the end, and when it reaches its conclusion, then judge us, its consequences, and its effects. We want to take this responsibility, unlike you, we just ask that you don't hinder us – said Zbigniew Ziobro during a parliamentary debate.

Posłowie Prawa i Sprawiedliwości złożyli wniosek do przewodniczącej sejmowej komisji polityki społecznej o zwołanie posiedzenia i dokonanie zmian w prezydium komisji, w tym na stanowisku przewodniczącego.

Jak poinformowała w poniedziałek PAP posłanka PiS Joanna Kopcińska, wśród posłów, którzy złożyli wniosek, jest również ona sama.

„Przez niemal dwa lata funkcjonowania komisji polityki społecznej nie udało nam się wypracować kompromisu w wielu kwestiach i doprowadzić do normalnej współpracy.

Po ostatnich doniesieniach medialnych, dotyczących propozycji zmian w ustawie o wspieraniu rodziny i systemie pieczy zastępczej, zdecydowaliśmy, że trzeba podjąć zdecydowane kroki” – powiedziała Kopcińska.

Jak dodała, celem wniosku jest „uzdrowienie sytuacji i przywrócenie merytorycznej pracy” w komisji.

„Chcemy, aby pracami komisji kierował ktoś, kto będzie w stanie doprowadzić do kompromisu i wypracowania dobrych rozwiązań dla polskich rodzin” – zaznaczyła posłanka PiS.

Wniosek o zwołanie posiedzenia komisji i dokonanie zmian w jej prezydium trafił do przewodniczącej komisji z ramienia Koalicji Obywatelskiej.

Nie wiadomo jeszcze, kiedy odbędzie się posiedzenie i czy wnioskodawcom uda się przeforsować swoje postulaty.

We want to curb this excellent sense of an extraordinary caste in favor of standards and honesty, to create mechanisms that will work. Because the Polish state, Poles expect this. This law truly protects and restores normalcy in the Polish judiciary. This law upholds the democratic rule of law and opposes the 'judicracy' that is being attempted to be introduced through the back door, simultaneously causing chaos, anarchy, and lawlessness, where there is no certainty about who is a judge because any judge can be questioned, where there is no certainty about what verdict has been issued because any verdict can be challenged, and where citizens' interests mean nothing because only the interests of an extraordinary caste matter, and this is what we want to change. Help us in this – stated Zbigniew Ziobro during the first reading of the so-called bill disciplining judges.

Members of Parliament rejected a motion to dismiss the so-called bill to discipline judges, meaning the PiS (Law and Justice party) proposal has been sent to the parliamentary Committee on Justice and Human Rights. A session on this matter is scheduled to take place at 7:00 PM.

“We will propose amendments to several articles that are most contentious. Article 88, 107. These are the biggest controversies. The first concerns the scope of judges' activity on social media and the extent of control over this kind of – let’s call it – civic activity. The second article concerns disciplinary sanctions. There is an agreement within the United Right. These amendments will be voted on jointly by MPs from PiS, Porozumienie, and Solidarna Polska,” said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin in a conversation with journalists in the Sejm.

The opposition failed, I apologize on my own behalf and on behalf of all of us. Perhaps it was a lack of experience. Perhaps a lack of understanding of how important this vote is - said Grzegorz Schetyna in a conversation with Dorota Gawryluk on the program “Gość Wydarzeń” (Guest of Events) on Polsat News.

Perhaps the lack of experience has failed them. The young leaders of parliamentary clubs – Borys Budka or our colleague Gawkowski, as well as Kosiniak-Kamysz, are leaders of clubs who, I believe, have not coped with such responsibility – said Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with Dorota Gawryluk on the program “Gość Wydarzeń” on Polsat News, commenting on the opposition's lost morning vote.

In the Senate, we will fix this. We will fix this law, and we will also submit our own bill on the KRS, which will happen this year. We will have an initiative defending the independence of the courts - said Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with Dorota Gawryluk on the program “Gość Wydarzeń” on Polsat News.

- I will make an announcement in January. I need to keep some distance from this because I am indeed being persuaded and asked to run - Grzegorz Schetyna said in an interview with Dorota Gawryluk on the program 'Gość Wydarzeń' on Polsat News.

-- LIVEBLOG 300POLITYKI: SCHETYNA HOLDS BUDKA, GAWKOWSKI, AND KOSINIAK RESPONSIBLE CZERWIŃSKA ON THE REMOVAL OF BIEJAT https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/12/19/ ***** POLSAT EVENTS -- THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRIAL OF JUDGES, BUT IT'S A TRIAL OF THE OPPOSITION - announcement. -- THE OPPOSITION HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL CHANCE TODAY TO BLOCK PARLIAMENTARY WORK ON THE LAW DISCIPLINING JUDGES, BUT LACKED DISCIPLINE AND NEEDED FEW MORE VOTES - Dorota Gawryluk. -- THE OPPOSITION COULD HAVE WON THE VOTE AND DELAYED WORK ON THE BILL; 9 VOTES WERE MISSING - Mira Skórka. -- THE CIVIC COALITION CONVENED A CLUB SESSION AND PUNISHED THOSE ABSENT - Skórka continued. -- DURING THE DEBATES, AN INCIDENT OCCURRED WHERE MARSHAL'S GUARDS REMOVED A MAN WEARING A SCARF WITH THE WORD 'CONSTITUTION' WRITTEN ON IT FROM THE GALLERY ABOVE THE PLENARY HALL - Skórka. -- THE BILL WAS SENT FOR FURTHER WORK IN COMMITTEE - Skórka continued. -- AGREEMENT PARTY MPs SUBMITTED TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL AIMED AT SOFTENING THE PROVISIONS - Skórka. -- TOMORROW MORNING, FURTHER WORK ON THE BILL WILL CONTINUE, AND PROBABLY A VOTE - Skórka continued. ***** TVN FACTS -- THE OPPOSITION COULD HAVE HALTED IT, BUT IF NO ONE RAISES THEIR HANDS, NOTHING CAN BE DONE - in the announcement. -- THE OPPOSITION HAD A CHANCE, BUT LOST IT DUE TO THEIR OWN FAULT - KKZ. -- ONLY 3 PO (Civic Platform) MPS CAN BE CONSIDERED EXCUSED - KKZ. -- I AM ANGRY - Rutnicki. -- YESTERDAY THEY TURNED OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS FOR DEMONSTRATIONS, TODAY THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE VOTE, LIKE ŻUKOWSKA - KKZ. -- PIS (Law and Justice) WOULD HAVE ADDED THE ITEM TO THE AGENDA ANYWAY; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SHORT, SYMBOLIC VICTORY - Gdula. -- SUCH AN EXPLANATION MUST BE A SHOCK FOR THE PROTESTORS - KKZ. -- I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE; IT WAS MY CARELESSNESS, I HAVE NO EXCUSE - Kluzik. -- PIS ATTACKED THE OPPOSITION OVER JUDGES - KKZ. -- GUESTS OF JACHIRA WITH SCARVES REMOVED. -- ARTICLE 107 WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE BILL - Jarosław Gowin. -- PIS RETREATED IN PART - KKZ. -- INDEPENDENT JUDGES ARE THE FOCUS; THEY SAY THEY WILL FIGHT TO THE END - in the announcement. -- POLES PREFERRED TO GO SHOPPING - Michał Wójcik. -- 174 MANIFESTATIONS ON THE MAP. -- INSINUATING IGNORANCE AMONG PROTESTORS - Sobieniowski. -- THIS IS NOT AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER COMPARED TO THE INDEPENDENCE MARCH - Adam Andruszkiewicz. -- THEY WERE NOT NUMEROUS, AND THAT'S GOOD - Tomasz Latos. -- THE PROMOTER APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT - in the announcement. -- THIS OPINION MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR THE PRESIDENT NOT ONLY FROM A PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW - Krzysztof Skórzyński. -- APPEALING TO OUR PAST FRIENDSHIP, I WOULD URGE YOU TO VETO - Prof. Jan Zimmermann. -- THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE TONE, AS FORMER HEAD OF ANDRZEJ DUDA'S TEAM - Skórzyński. -- IF HE IS TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF ALL POLES, HE SHOULD NOT EXCLUDE THEM FROM HIS CARE - Zimmermann. -- THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ARE ADDRESSED NOT TO THE MODERATE, BUT TO THE HARDEST ELECTORATE, AND WITH THESE STATEMENTS, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEGUN HIS CAMPAIGN - Skórzyński. -- 40% FEAR POLAND'S EXIT FROM THE EU, 53% DO NOT FEAR - poll for Fakty: 40 percent of respondents in a Kantar poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24 indicated that, in their opinion, PiS's policy could lead to Poland's exit from the European Union, either definitely or rather. In contrast, 53 percent of respondents are of the opinion that the PiS government's policy cannot lead to Polexit, either definitely or rather. -- THE VOICE OF PROTESTING VOTERS DID NOT RESONATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE - Skórzyński. -- AFTER THE NEW YEAR, ONLY ONE JUDGE WILL NOT BE FROM PIS; HOW MANY REMAIN FROM THE TRIBUNAL IN THE TRIBUNAL - in the announcement. -- 13 JUDGES OUT OF 15, AND AFTER THE NEW YEAR, THE 14TH JUDGE WILL BE ELECTED BY PIS - Zalewska. -- THE QUESTION OF THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE NEW JUDGES - Zalewska. -- IT FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW, AND THOSE WHO QUESTION IT ARE TESTIFYING AGAINST THEMSELVES - Zbigniew Girzyński. -- THIS IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT - Wojciech Hermeliński. -- WYREMBLAK'S LETTER REGARDING PRZYŁĘBSKA. -- NOT EVEN THE CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER BLAMES THE WILD BOAR, YET PIS MPS ARE PROMOTING THE BILL - Marzanna Zielińska. ***** TVP NEWS -- ANOTHER PERSON ACCUSES THE MARSHAL OF THE SENATE OF TAKING A BRIBE - one of the announcements on the opening screen. -- THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE CASTE - a woman in a vox pop on the opening screen. -- RULE OF LAW OR JUDGOCRACY? - banner. -- THE OPPOSITION HAS DEPLOYED ITS HEAVIEST ARTILLERY - Karol Jałtuszewski. -- IT IS TO CURTAIL THE COLLUSION OF JUDGES WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIANS - Jałtuszewski. -- NEUMANN'S TAPES. -- REAL ACTIONS WERE LACKING BECAUSE IF THE OPPOSITION HAD TURNED UP FOR THE VOTE, THEY WOULD HAVE BLOCKED THE PROCEEDINGS - Jałtuszewski. -- IT SEEMS THE OPPOSITION DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS OWN WORDS ABOUT AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY - Jałtuszewski. -- Jałtuszewski on Mader Petru. -- LOW SUPPORT FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY CASTE. -- A FREQUENCY FAILURE - in the announcement. -- DESPITE THE CALLS, POLES WERE NOT INTERESTED - Dominik Cierpioł. -- TODAY'S TURNOUT IS EVEN LOWER THAN YESTERDAY'S - Cierpioł. -- TUSK DID NOT APPEAR AT THE PROTEST BECAUSE HE WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS - Cierpioł. -- JUDGES PROTESTED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WILLINGLY - Cierpioł. -- A JUDGE WHO CRITICIZED PIS WILL SOON BE JUDGING THE FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF PO - Cierpioł. -- VICTIMS OF THE COURTS WANT CHANGES IN THE COURTS - banner. -- CONTROVERSIAL VERDICTS CAN BE MULTIPLIED; IN TYCHY, A COURT RELEASED SOMEONE ACCUSED OF PEDOPHILIA, EVEN ONE WHO ADMITTED GUILT - Konrad Wąż. -- THE COURT RULED THAT IT WAS THE 29-YEAR-OLD PRETENDING TO BE A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS HARASSING THE MAN - Wąż. -- A JUDGE IN ŁÓDŹ MADE A MAN WITH AN AMPUTATED LEG CRAWL - Wąż. -- NEW THERAPIES FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS WILL BE REFUNDED - in the announcement. -- I DO NOT REGRET NOT INTRODUCING 500+ - Tusk's statement in a report on Maluch plus. -- THE CZARTORYSKI MUSEUM HAS BEEN REOPENED. -- THE PRESIDENT AT POLISH SOLDIERS IN SICILY. -- THE MARSHAL OF THE SENATE AND ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION - banner. -- ANOTHER PERSON ACCUSES - in the announcement. -- THE MARSHAL DID NOT WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION - Jakub Krzyżak. -- THE CASE IS NOT CLEAR-CUT - Krzyżak. -- IT WAS NOT IN THE HOSPITAL - Grodzki in WP. -- 3 PEOPLE CAN CONFIRM; THERE IS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BEING GATHERED BY THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE - Tomasz Duklanowski.

The parliamentary committee for justice and human rights began its session just a few minutes ago to consider the draft bill on disciplining judges, submitted by the Law and Justice (PiS) party. Amendments previously announced by Jarosław Gowin, as well as those authored by PiS, will be submitted during the meeting.



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- In fact, this regulation, and I will state a thesis here that might be controversial for you and some people, it actually protects judges. Do you know why? Because certain behaviors are specified when a disciplinary offense can actually be committed - said Michał Wójcik in a conversation with Monika Olejnik on TVN24's "Kropka nad i".

- This project is necessary. If this project isn't passed, we will lead our country to anarchy, and in reality, the judges will lead it, - said Michał Wójcik in an interview with Monika Olejnik on TVN24's "Kropka nad i" (A Point Above).