“As Senior Marshal, I will lead the work of the Sejm in accordance with the Constitution and accepted practices, and I will try to do this with dignity,” Marek Sawicki (PSL) said today. He added that the President’s proposal to become a Senior Marshal was a big surprise to him, but the President is not rejected.
Sawicki about the entrusted position: “It is a big surprise for me”
At today’s conference in the Sejm, Marek Sawicki announced that President Andrzej Duda had invited him to a meeting and planned to entrust him with the position of Senior Marshal. This means that he will chair the opening session of the Sejm’s tenth term.
It was a great surprise to me, but of course the President is not denied, I accepted it with satisfaction and assured him that I would conduct these deliberations in accordance with the Constitution, in accordance with accepted parliamentary practice, and that I would try to do that. so with dignity.
– said the PSL politician.
Duties of the Marshal of the Sejm before the first session
Sawicki also said that preparations are already underway regarding the starting time of the first session of the Sejm of the new semester.
From tomorrow we will start direct consultations with the clubs about the rooms (which they will occupy), about the seating in the Sejm hall and the issue of the script – it can be said that the Chancellery of the Sejm is already preparing it is. All this is still done in consultation with the president. We will wait for the official letter about the Senior Marshal, which the President will send to the Sejm
– added Sawicki in a conversation with journalists.
President Duda announced in his speech yesterday that he had decided to entrust the mission of forming a government to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and to Marek Sawicki the position of senior marshal. As the president justified, Sawicki has the longest parliamentary experience and is known as a man of dialogue.
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Source: wPolityce