President Andrzej Duda has signed an amendment to the national referendum law, the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland announced on Wednesday. The amendment should make it possible to hold a referendum on the same day as the elections.
President Andrzej Duda signed the law of July 7, 2023 amending the law on the national referendum
The presidential office tweeted.
The amendment to the Law on the National Referendum modifies the provisions so that the national referendum can be held at the same time as presidential, parliamentary or EP elections by aligning voting hours, i.e. between 07:00 and 21:00. .
On Wednesday, the Sejm rejected the Senate’s objection to the amendment to the national referendum law.
The amendment drafted by PiS was passed by the Sejm in early July. Later that month, the Senate rejected the legislation. At the time, Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (independent) pointed to the comments of the Legislative Bureau, according to which the new rules do not serve to make life easier for voters, because they do not harmonize the hours of the elections and the referendum in general. He stressed that leaving open the possibility of holding referenda at different times would not help voter and referendum turnout. He also cited other concerns of the Bureau: the exceptionally fast law enforcement and failure to take into account the fact that the combination of this year’s parliamentary elections with the referendum will lead to a situation where the distinction between referendum and election will be difficult . expenditure.
The referendum will take place on 15 October at the same time as the parliamentary elections. The government asked the Sejm to organize a nationwide referendum. The Council of Ministers proposes that the Poles answer four referendum questions.
Referendum questions
The first reads: “Do you support the sale of state assets to foreign entities, causing Polish women and men to lose control of strategic sectors of the economy?” Second, “Are you in favor of raising the retirement age, including restoring the retirement age to 67 for men and women?” Third: “Do you support the removal of the barrier at the border between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Belarus?” Fourth: “Do you support the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa, in accordance with the forced relocation mechanism imposed by the European bureaucracy?”
The Sejm will consider the government’s motion at the ongoing session of the Sejm.
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Source: wPolityce