The discussion of the motion for a resolution on John Paul II is pointless today; if the parliament reacts to any attempt to attack this or that important person, we will do nothing but pass resolutions in defense of honor – said the Marshal of the Senate Tomasz Grodzki on Wednesday.
On March 16, the PiS Club submitted a draft resolution on defending the good name of Pope John Paul II; PSL representatives also submitted their project. At the start of the Senate session that began Wednesday, Deputy Marshal Marek Pęk (PiS) said he regretted that the draft PiS resolution on JP II and the draft resolution on compensation for damage caused by Germany during World War II were not on the agenda. stood. agenda. . Pęk added that in the case of draft resolutions on JP II, Marshal Grodzki did not even assign print numbers to the drafts; for this reason he cannot even introduce a motion to extend the agenda to include a point dealing with the PiS draft resolution.
I believe this is outrageous, very undemocratic, because it prevents a debate on such an important and burning issue that enrages the Poles (…). This is a nationwide issue, April 2 is Papal Day, there will be countless marches in support of the good name of John Paul II
Pek protested.
He added that work on the second draft resolution – on war damage compensation – had already started, as it was the first reading in committee. Pęk said work on this project was suspended “due to the lack of knowledge of the contents of the note sent by the Polish government to the German government”.
Now, in a specific way, this note resides with the State Department and can be consulted by any senator
said Pek.
Pęk: “I expect a democratic debate in the Senate”
He added that only PiS senators had read the note.
Again, we do not understand why the debate has been frozen (…). I expect a democratic debate in the Senate
said Pek.
Responding to the PiS senator, Marshal Grodzki (KO) said that the current discussion about introducing a draft resolution on John Paul II is pointless.
Motion on the resolution (on) John Paul II, there is no point discussing it today, because the procedure has not started
said the president of the senate.
He recalls that it was the Senate that declared 2020 the year of John Paul II, that it was the Senate that passed a resolution in January 2021 at the end of the year of John Paul II expressing its appreciation, honor and honor to the great Pope John Paul II.
I must assure the Marshal (Pęka) that for my generation Lech Wałęsa, John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and in the background Zbigniew Brzeziński are the heroes of our freedom. And no one disputes it, just as no one disputes that every pedophile, whether he wears a suit, a cassock, a work uniform, a gym uniform or whatever, should be punished
said Grodzki.
If the Polish parliament reacts to any attempt to attack this or that important person by this or that broadcaster, then we would do nothing here but pass resolutions in defense of the honor of
said Grodzki.
Referring to the project on compensation for damage caused by Germany during World War II, he said that the State Department should deliver a note to the Secret Chancellery of the Senate as a constitutionally superior body to the State Department.
And this expression of contempt for senators was extremely badly received and this is one of the reasons for stopping work on this resolution
explained Grodzki.
Grodzki refers to the Rules of the Senate
Grodzki was also asked if the resolutions at this senate session would be considered before the senate session began; he replied that they wouldn’t, because “they haven’t gotten a run yet”. As he emphasized, “this is the meaning” of the Senate Rules, particularly Rules 80 and 81.
Article 80 of the Rules of Procedure of the Senate states, among other things: that the first reading will not be held earlier than 14 days after the date on which the bill is handed over to the senators, and that the convocation of the first meeting of the committee Delivered to all Senators 7 days before the meeting.
Even before Marshal Grodzki’s conference, Deputy Marshal Pęk posted on Twitter, writing that “at the Senate Convention of Seniors, only representatives of the KP PiS were in favor of putting a resolution defending the good name of John Paul II on the agenda of the current meeting.”
In my opinion, the resolution will not appear at the next meeting either. This is democracy in the PO room
Pek wrote.
March 9 The Sejm passed a resolution on defending the good name of St. John Paul II, in which he “strongly condemns the media, a shameful campaign, based largely on the materials of the communist apparatus of violence, whose purpose the Great Pope – St. John Paul II is the greatest Pole in history.
The resolution was adopted after the report “Franciszkańska 3”, broadcast on TVN 24, on what the Metropolitan of Kraków, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła knew about cases of pedophilia among priests (1964-1978). It describes the cases of three priests: Bolesław Saduś, Eugeniusz Surgent and Józef Loranc, and the response of the then Metropolitan of Kraków to them. The report contained statements by the Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek, the author of the book “Maxima Culpa. What the Church Is Hiding About John Paul II.
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Source: wPolityce