The government session will commence at 10:00. On the agenda is the draft amendment to the 2020 budget law, as well as a draft resolution concerning it. Originally, the government was also scheduled to address the draft of the so-called COVID-19 law amendment, but this item was removed from the agenda last evening.

Following a closed meeting with the mayor of Bolesławiec, starting around 16:00-17:00, Szymon Hołownia will begin a walk through the market square amidst the pottery stalls. In turn, at 17:00, a meeting with residents of Bolesławiec and volunteers from Zgorzelec, Bolesławiec, and Wrocław will take place.

At 10:00, Belarusian opposition representative Weranika Capkała, along with a delegation, will pay a courtesy visit to Senate Marshal Tomasz Grodzki. After the meeting concludes, around 10:45, statements from the meeting participants are expected.

- Having a favorite is the wrong term. There is certainly a person who will take the minister's place, and I think it will happen in the coming days. No, I won't reveal too much here, because I know who the most serious candidate is right now, but the Prime Minister will announce it, of course - stated Ryszard Terlecki in an interview with Krzysztof Skórzyński on TVN24's "Jeden na jeden".

- I believe nothing will come of it, that it will fade away, and all this noise around the alleged Szumowski affair will quiet down. But it certainly wasn't comfortable for him, nor did it make the ministry's work any easier – stated Ryszard Terlecki on TVN24's "Jeden na jeden".

- I want to serve Poland. I've been a politician for 15 years, and I've been at the Ministry of Health for a year. I believe my work is well-regarded, and I'm glad to be perceived that way. However, I'm a person naturally built for work, so whatever position I get, or if my future work in the Ministry of Health is envisioned, it all depends on the potential new minister and the prime minister - said Waldemar Kraska in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News's "Graffiti".

- Everyone probably has some ambitions in life. I think I do too. I don't know how my family would react to it, because for now, they are quite skeptical. But I am built for work. If it is the Prime Minister's will for me to continue working in the Ministry of Health, I will certainly work - he added.

- I said [that the issue of raises is closed] that evening in the Senate, when we had a briefing with colleagues from the Senate, that this effectively ends the matter, because our interlocutors turned out to be unserious and untrustworthy, so it's hard to continue. And I think it will indeed end there, unless something else changes in the space of this parliamentary chamber. I want to say that if the desire arises again, I will remind you that it was not us who initiated this raise, but one of the opposition parties, so if something changes, perhaps there will be an opportunity to return to it in September. But it seems very unlikely to me - stated Ryszard Terlecki in "Jeden na jeden" on TVN24.

- We're slightly modifying the strategy that was in place in the spring, starting with our base, which is single-specialty hospitals. The fact that there will be fewer of them doesn't mean there will be fewer beds for coronavirus patients. We want in these single-specialty hospitals, which were dedicated to patients where they could receive help from a surgeon, orthopedist, obstetrician, or gynecologist, to have significantly fewer patients requiring such care. Primarily, these are patients who require internal medicine, infectious disease, or intensive care. That's why we want there to be one such hospital per two voivodeships - said Waldemar Kraska on Polsat News.

- The opposition's initiative was that one of the clubs approached us, I won't say which one, with a proposal to conduct this in the Sejm right now, meaning in the summer of this year, and we said: fine, we can talk about it, on the condition that other clubs also agree to it. And it wasn't us who initiated talks with other clubs, but the club that was the initiator of the whole undertaking - stated Ryszard Terlecki in TVN24's "One on One".

- Of course, no moment, as you say, would have been good [to implement the price hikes], and a media [storm] would have erupted at any time, but this one was actually reasonably good because it was mid-summer, holidays, people are busy with other problems than following media persecution. That was indeed the argument. We wanted to do it in September, meaning we wanted this procedure to last until September, but our counterparts were in a hurry, and besides, I also stated it clearly that if we are to do it now, let's do it quickly, before this media storm paralyzes some MPs and politicians, and that's exactly what happened. If the Senate had passed the bill that evening, voted on it that evening, on Friday, it would have passed. By Monday, everyone was already scared - stated Ryszard Terlecki in "Jeden na jeden" on TVN24.

- No, no, not at all [asked if he misses Jarosław Gowin in government]. That was one sentence I said at the club meeting back then. However, the controversies between myself and the Prime Minister [Gowin] concerned the issue of higher education and lasted a long time. They concerned a reform he was carrying out, which was not very much in line with our program, hence certain tensions, and what he actually did that spring, preventing the elections on May 10th, seems highly inappropriate to me - stated Ryszard Terlecki on TVN24's "Jeden na jeden".

- As far as I know, he's very eager to do so [Jarosław Gowin's return to government]. There is no decision yet on what the government will look like after the reconstruction - stated Ryszard Terlecki in TVN24's "Jeden na jeden" program.

- If this government is, as you called it, slimmed down, then it will certainly not be possible to offer them [coalition partners] two ministries. There are various versions, one might say, of this [government] reconstruction plan, but one of them envisages a significant reduction in the number of ministries. Significant, down to 12-13 - stated Ryszard Terlecki on TVN24's "Jeden na jeden".

The Polish Ministry of Health has reported 767 new cases of coronavirus infection in Poland. Additionally, 12 individuals have succumbed to the virus.

For further details, please refer to the official Ministry of Health Twitter updates:

• https://twitter.com/MZ_GOV_PL/status/1296363997583859714
• https://twitter.com/MZ_GOV_PL/status/1296363999760654336

Jacek Czaputowicz has resigned from his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The news was announced via a tweet from PR24_pl, linking to a Twitter post with the ID 1296364371933831168.

“The assessment rests with the head of government. Please ask Prime Minister Morawiecki. I think there haven't been any major missteps. If a reshuffle is planned for the end of September, and someone is uncertain about their position, they might decide to leave earlier” – Krzysztof Jurgiel from PiS told journalists in the Sejm.

“Politics is a game. The head of government can accept a resignation, or not. A prime minister who cooperates with a minister in this regard, when we talk about foreign affairs, knows the situation and will either accept the resignation or not” – he added. 

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"It seems there was talk of a government reshuffling. I suspect some ministers want to preempt this in some way. I don't know, it's hard for me to say" - stated PiS Vice-Chairman Adam Lipiński in a conversation with journalists in the Sejm.

- Jacek Czaputowicz is a man of great class and a wonderful professional. His knowledge and ability to navigate the complex meanders of world diplomacy have contributed to strengthening the international position of the Republic of Poland and to many successes in this field. Thanking him for his years leading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I wish him further professional success. I am certain that Professor Czaputowicz's experience will serve Poland many more times - wrote Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Facebook.

- [Łukasz Szumowski] has very well prepared the ministry for the second wave of the coronavirus, which will likely come, as all specialists warn today. He has prepared procedures and at the same time proposed some new initiatives to be implemented. These new initiatives will be implemented by his successor, the minister who has been chosen. This position will be taken by a doctor of economic sciences, Mr. Adam Niedzielski, the current head of the National Health Fund - Mateusz Morawiecki said during a press conference.

- Also, now, before the reconstruction, which is planned for September, early October, Minister Czaputowicz, who indicated about a month ago and later spoke with me several times about wanting to leave, wanting to move on to somewhat calmer tasks, as I can put it, has decided to step down and has submitted his resignation - said Mateusz Morawiecki during a press conference.

- Here we proposed, and this proposal was accepted, we proposed this role some time ago following Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz's statement of resignation, we proposed this role to the Chairman of the Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee, Professor Zbigniew Rau - added the Prime Minister.

"The government is one team playing towards a single goal. There are, of course, changes, as happens during a match, but the team remains cohesive and unified throughout" - said the Head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery, Minister Michał Dworczyk, in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on 'Gość Wydarzeń' on Polsat News.

"This is nothing surprising – the departure of new ministers. They announced their decisions long ago. It seems it was a good moment, a certain summer slowdown. We are before the second wave of the pandemic, and the program prepared by Minister Szumowski, the ministry, and the entire administration to face this second wave have been done very well, so now that we have this moment of slowdown, it is a good time for a change, especially since it was going to happen anyway" – said the Head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery, Minister Michał Dworczyk, on Polsat News.

- Most countries in Europe are taking similar steps to Poland. It has been recognized that a return to in-person classes will be much better than remote learning, but we are leaving that option open, the limitation of school operations, and a switch to remote learning should there be an increase in infections in specific locations or even nationwide. We are prepared for that - stated Dariusz Piontkowski in an interview with Michał Adamczyk on TVP Info's "Gość Wiadomości."

- This will, of course, depend on the epidemiological situation [whether all schools will return to normal functioning from September]. The current situation allows for the vast majority of schools to calmly begin classes on September 1st, unless there is an accident involving illness somewhere or indeed a very large number of infections – stated Dariusz Piontkowski on TVP Info's "Gość Wiadomości".