NEWS
11/07/2024
07:42
The Sejm convenes for a two-day session. The proceedings will commence at 10:00 AM, when MPs will address – as part of the second reading – the bill submitted by Lewica regarding the partial depenalization and decriminalization of acts related to pregnancy termination.
At 12:30 PM, the second reading of the government's draft Electronic Communications Law and its implementing provisions will take place; these projects aim to implement EU law. At 2:30 PM, the second reading of the government's bill to improve the actions of the Army, Police, and Border Guard in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border is scheduled (its most significant provisions concern the rules for the use of weapons by soldiers and officers).
At 3:30 PM, the first reading of the citizens' bill "Stop Price Hikes from July," sponsored by PiS, will be held. In turn, at 5:30 PM, consideration of the National Prosecutor's request to lift the immunity of Marcin Romanowski and to detain and temporarily arrest the MP is foreseen.
The agenda may be expanded to include an MP's draft resolution on amending the Sejm's Rules of Procedure, which proposes the establishment of a Committee for Children and Youth and the reintroduction of rotational chairmanship and deputy chairmanships in the Committee on Special Services.
At 8:30 AM, the Committee on Justice and Human Rights will convene to consider the Senate's amendments to the amendment of the law on the National Council of the Judiciary. At 3:00 PM, the Committee on Rules, MP Affairs, and Immunity will consider a private prosecutor's request to lift the immunity of Mariusz Błaszczak.
At 8:30 AM, the Senate Committee on Culture and Media will address the amendment of the Copyright and Related Rights Act. The Senate will resume its proceedings at 12:00 PM, but all indications are that this amendment will not be considered during this session.
Today marks the last day of President Andrzej Duda and the First Lady's visit to the United States in connection with their participation in the NATO summit. Around 3:50 PM Polish time, the President will arrive at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where he will meet with the media as part of a "doorstep" session. At 4:30 PM, he will participate in a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with invited NATO Partners.
At 8:30 PM Polish time, he will participate in a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of heads of state and government. The closing point of the visit will be a meeting with the media at 11:00 PM.
At 1:00 PM, a press conference is scheduled with the Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar and the Minister of Justice's plenipotentiary for court experts, Prof. Tadeusz Tomaszewski. Topic: Proposals for changes to the regulations on court experts.
Also at 1:00 PM, a press conference will be held by the head of the PiS parliamentary club, Mariusz Błaszczak, Zbigniew Bogucki, and other PiS MPs.
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