NEWS

17/09/2020

23:49

44 PiS MPs Oppose Proceeding to 3rd Reading of Animal Welfare Bill Without Committee Referral. Including: Ziobro, Gowin, Ardanowski, Szynkowski vel Sęk

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The motion by Marek Suski to proceed to the third reading of the bill from the so-called "five for animals" without further consultation with the Committee on Agriculture passed by a clear majority, but 42 MPs from the PiS club voted against it. Among those voting against the PiS motion were leaders and MPs from coalition parties, as well as PiS MPs such as the Minister of Agriculture, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Szynkowski vel Sęk, and Wielkopolska PiS MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski, who is sometimes mentioned as a potential candidate for Ombudsman – and also a proponent of the so-called eugenic premise before the Constitutional Tribunal. The only abstainer from the PiS club was Deputy Minister Marcin Ociepa from the Agreement party. Five MPs from the United Right did not vote – including Andrzej Sośnierz. Konfederacja MP Grzegorz Braun was pacing the hall, visibly agitated.

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