- Abortion and women's rights are very important to The Left, hence the two separate bills [from Civic Coalition and The Left] on this matter. I hope, I trust, that we will manage to convince our friends from the Third Way on our abortion bill, although it's not going easily, because if someone has a deep conviction that they believe something shouldn't be available, then it's clear that it's not an easy path. I don't know how it will end - stated Krzysztof Gawkowski on the program "Sygnały dnia" on PR1.

- When I heard the words about torture yesterday, I wasn't thinking about the so-called political prisoners, as PiS calls them, meaning politicians convicted by a final verdict, Mr. Kamiński and Mr. Wąsik. I was thinking about women forced to give birth in cases of severe, embryopathological defects after the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling from 2020. I was thinking about people with disabilities who slept on the cold Sejm floor for 40 days, who pleaded to be heard. I was thinking about women protesting on the streets in 2016 and 2020, who were treated with batons. I was thinking about women who were treated with gas, including female MPs. I was thinking about all the people who died at the Polish-Belarusian border. This list of people tortured by the PiS government is truly long – stated Katarzyna Kotula on TVN24's "Jeden na jeden" program.

- If the appointment of RDS members was to take place yesterday, at a time when the President knows well that most ministers, like myself, are parliamentarians, both male and female, and have our duties. We truly do not have time to go to the President, to applaud ourselves, to hug each other, to put on some kind of show at the Presidential Palace. We don't have time for balls at the Presidential Palace, we simply want to work - stated Katarzyna Kotula in "Jeden na jeden" on TVN24.

- We must move towards liberalizing abortion law. I warn my fellow politicians, parliamentarians, but also ministers. In 4 years, PiS might return to power. It might return, also because as the coalition of October 15th, we will not fulfill the promises we made to women during the election campaign - stated Katarzyna Kotula on TVN24's "Jeden na jeden".

- If there is a clear declaration in the law and the constitution that a person convicted by a final judgment cannot hold office, does not have a mandate, it means they cannot be in the Sejm chamber and vote. The case of Mr. Kamiński and Mr. Wąsik is like this: they were MPs, they are no longer MPs, they cannot be in the Sejm chamber, they cannot vote. End of story - stated Krzysztof Gawkowski on the PR1 program “Sygnały dnia”.

- Talks are underway regarding a joint electoral start [for The Left with Civic Coalition in local elections]. I know that the leaders of our party have entered into such a dialogue with Donald Tusk, a good and effective one, because in my opinion it offers the prospect that we will run in the local elections as a bloc that will not only win the elections, but will take power away from PiS in all regional assemblies. We want to win all 16 voivodeships, even Podkarpacie - stated Krzysztof Gawkowski on the program "Sygnały dnia" on PR1.

- I am glad that finally, after two years of PiS obstruction, the Pegasus investigative committee will be established in the Polish Sejm. It will be established because only Poland and Hungary used this spyware not to pursue terrorists or pedophile networks, but to surveil the opposition - stated Marcin Bosacki in the Sejm.

- You used Pegasus for political struggle, and finally, the investigative committee in the Polish Sejm will clarify this - he continued.

Mariusz Gosek, Sebastian Łukaszewicz, Jacek Ozdoba, Marcin Przydacz (PiS), Marcin Bosacki, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, Witold Zembaczyński (KO), Magdalena Sroka (PSL-TD), Paweł Śliz (PL2050-TD), Tomasz Trela (Lewica), and Przemysław Wipler (Konfederacja) – these individuals have been selected by the Sejm to serve on the investigative committee concerning Pegasus.

- I was called out by MP Bosacki, so I remind you that I was never in a PiS government. If you have any reservations and fear foul play, you should rather look at your colleague, Magdalena Sroka, because she participated in this government. The second matter is, Mr. Speaker, that at the previous session you were kind enough to state that the Kukiz'15 parliamentary group has too few members to even be considered when nominating candidates. I remind you that in the previous term, Kukiz15 also had three members, and you yourselves then offered me the position of chair of a committee with the same scope of action. Three MPs did not bother you then, so this is all a sham. The point is to hit some while sweeping your own sins under the carpet. It has always been like this and it will continue to be so - stated Paweł Kukiz in the Sejm.

Magdalena Sroka has been elected as the chairwoman of the parliamentary committee investigating the use of Pegasus spyware. 10 MPs voted 'in favour', with no votes against and one abstention.

Marcin Bosacki, Paweł Śliz, Tomasz Trela, and Przemysław Wipler were appointed as deputy chairmen.

- In my opinion, if the Sejm does not recognize the Extraordinary Control Chamber [of the Supreme Court], it simply ceases to exist at this moment. If the Sejm claims that the Extraordinary Control Chamber is not a court, then the elections have not been confirmed, meaning the Sejm does not exist, and Mr. Szymon Hołownia is not the Marshal of the Sejm - Jarosław Kaczyński told journalists in the Sejm.

- We are currently in a complete constitutional crisis. We essentially have no authority that respects the constitution, or even wants to respect the constitution. Well, this should be dealt with by Mr. President, but these are his decisions - he continued.

A meeting between President Andrzej Duda and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has begun at the National Security Bureau (BBN). - Topics being discussed include, among others, the presidential draft law on the actions of state authorities in the event of an external threat to state security, including reforms to the command and control system; appointments to the positions of Commander-in-Chief and Commander of the Territorial Defence Force; technical modernization of the Polish Armed Forces and arms contracts - the Bureau informed.

- I am glad that there is finally an opportunity to meet, amidst, if I may say so, many different events happening, but it is high time to sit down and talk calmly. It’s good that we are in this room, because there are various topics we can address thanks to this - the President said at the beginning of the meeting, as can be heard in the recording published by the BBN.

W BBN rozpoczęło się spotkanie Prezydenta @AndrzejDuda oraz wicepremiera, szefa MON @KosiniakKamysz. Omawiane są m. in. tematy prezydenckiego projektu ustawy o działaniach organów władzy państwowej na wypadek zewnętrznego zagrożenia bezpieczeństwa państwa, w tym reformującej… pic.twitter.com/c77u9m45x7

— BBN (@BBN_PL) January 26, 2024

- This commission will have to show everyone, the public, who was under surveillance, why such a sensitive and specific system was used for political warfare, for fighting political competition, for destroying opponents. I am convinced this commission will reveal and uncover many more individuals against whom this system was used, about whom we do not yet know today. A matter that requires condemnation, namely the transfer of materials obtained through operational work to public television - stated Magdalena Sroka at a press conference in the Sejm.

- In my opinion, this is the simplest way to restore the rule of law in Poland and to avoid a situation where we have a series of actions that are extremely immoral, for example, imprisoning people who fought against crime, as happened recently, and one of them was tortured in the process. Regardless of protests from various circles, this is in line with EU regulations, or rather, Council of Europe regulations. What I called torture is precisely described as torture in their documents, and such a method was used, even though it was known that he was being released, even though no final verdict had been reached in the case - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at a press briefing.

- Because it is the court that must order such a procedure, that is, forced feeding. This was a decision – I believe – from the very top. I don't know personally whether it was Minister Bodnar or Prime Minister Tusk himself, but in any case, it was intended to be a threat to someone who leaves prison against the will of these people. This itself deserves a very long sentence for those who decided on and carried out such actions - he continued.

- I have no intention of apologizing to anyone. This wasn't about the Prison Service, but actually about judges and doctors. This is not an apology, but a clarification. It was a procedure of torture. And who applied the torture, well, one could use other comparisons, of course – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at a press briefing.

- Sir, TVP, Panorama is criminally taken over at the moment. I do not speak with them. I will not speak [with TVP] - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at a press briefing.

- For several years now, Poland has been grappling with an unprecedented crisis of the judiciary. Our country is regularly the subject of rulings from European courts. Rulings that the Republic of Poland is obligated to implement, as a member state of international communities: the EU and the Council of Europe. Until this happens, the crisis will deepen, and we are currently facing, and I do not hesitate to use this word, legal chaos. This arises from fundamental reservations regarding the status and legal validity of rulings from the most important judicial bodies, including the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Tribunal. This is an obvious threat to the protection of freedoms and human rights in Poland – stated Marcin Wiącek in the Sejm.

– We want to process all citizen bills that were here in the Sejm from the previous term, all 10 of them, because we've read them, 6 remain. So, on the second day of deliberations, because the first day will feature a vote of no confidence against Minister Bodnar and many other things, on the second day, the bill concerning widow's pensions and seniority pensions, submitted by the Solidarity movement, and on the following day, 4 citizen bills – stated Szymon Hołownia in a conversation with journalists in the Sejm.

- This Sejm is not about Kamiński and Wąsik. This Sejm is truly about the RPO (Commissioner for Human Rights), who was here today with their very important report, and about people with disabilities who were here yesterday. We are dealing with two MPs, and I am also a little resentful of them for allowing this, for letting themselves obscure all these people for whom the Sejm is a place to resolve their important life matters. It simply shouldn't be like this - stated Szymon Hołownia in a conversation with journalists in the Sejm.

- In this matter, there are no doubts, whether someone likes it or not. It is a resolution of the Sejm that speaks very clearly about it. However, if someone says that the Sejm de facto does not exist, then this is important information for the Chancellery of the Sejm, because perhaps it is time to stop paying salaries. We are analyzing this matter now in the Chancellery, because it would be an unbearable contradiction, in which we would not want to place PiS MPs - stated Szymon Hołownia in an interview with journalists in the Sejm.

- And speaking quite seriously, Mr. Kaczyński, in my opinion, perhaps he will also consider me a whippersnapper, but in my opinion he should slow down a bit with metaphors, because they will quickly run out - he continued.

- There is no need for early elections today because, let me remind you, and I'm sure you remember, elections were held three months ago. There is no need to hold new elections, unless someone is named Jarosław Kaczyński, doesn't know what to do with their political formation, with politics, and doesn't know what strategy and tactics to adopt, then they invent things that are impossible to implement, and early elections are one such thing - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.

- The Sejm will not be dissolved, as there are no reasons for it. PiS and Jarosław Kaczyński are behaving as if the Polish Sejm doesn't exist, but the Polish Sejm does exist, it is managed very well by Marshal Szymon Hołownia, and it is implementing all its plans. The last and most important thing for us was the adoption of the budget - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" (Guest of Events) on Polsat News.

- I hold President Andrzej Duda responsible for this, I hold Zbigniew Ziobro responsible for this, and I hold PiS responsible for this, for having disrupted this country's rule of law in an unheard-of way. You've destroyed the National Council of the Judiciary and the Constitutional Tribunal. I won't forgive you for this - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.