Parliament resumed session on 12. The House will appoint the Children’s Ombudsman and a member of the pedophilia commission, and a debate is also planned on three projects involving the establishment of investigative committees: the Pegasus case, the so-called envelope elections and the so-called visa scandal.
The only candidate for the RPD is Monika Horna-Cieślak, nominated by KO, Lewica, PSL – Trzecia Droga and Polska 2050 – Trzecia Droga. The parliamentary committees for education, science and youth, as well as for justice and human rights, have recommended her candidacy for this office.
The candidates for a member of the State Commission on Pedophilia are: lawyer Karolina Bućko, nominated by MPs of the Civic Coalition, Left, PSL – Third Way and Poland 2050 – Third Way, as well as Kacper Świtkiewicz from the Association for the Rule. of Law in Education.
The Parliamentary Committee for Justice and Human Rights has issued a positive opinion on the candidacy of Karolina Bućko. However, Kacper Świtkiewicz’s candidacy did not receive support from the committee.
Working method of the House
The House agenda also included a vote on the nomination and election of the composition of the Sejm Extraordinary Committee on Amendments to Codifications.
MEPs will also vote on a motion to reject at first reading the citizens’ draft amendment to the law on healthcare declarations financed from public funds, introducing financing for the in vitro procedure.
The Club of Confederation tabled a motion to reject the proposal during last week’s debate. Under the bill, the Secretary of Health would develop, implement, implement, and finance a health policy program for the treatment of infertility, which includes medical procedures for assisted reproduction, including in vitro fertilization. Not less than PLN 500 million would be allocated annually from the budget to implement the programme.
If the motion to reject the bill is not accepted at first reading, it will go to the Health Committee on Tuesday; According to the schedule, the second reading of the bill is scheduled for Wednesday in the Sejm. Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia announced last week that it would be possible to adopt the bill on in vitro financing on Wednesday.
Report
During Tuesday’s session, the Sejm will also discuss the committee’s report on bills that will this year extend the so-called trading Sunday from December 24, i.e. Christmas Eve, to December 10.
The Sejm will then proceed to the first reading of three draft resolutions submitted by the KO, establishing three parliamentary investigative committees. The first project aims to establish a “committee of inquiry to examine the legality, regularity and purposefulness of the actions” taken in preparation and implementation of the 2020 presidential elections in the form of postal voting. The vote was originally going to take place this way due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but ultimately the vote took place traditionally.
The second draft resolution concerns the “appointment of an investigative committee to investigate the legality, regularity and purposefulness of actions, as well as the prevention of abuses, negligence and omissions in the legalization of the residence of foreigners” on the territory of Poland from January 1, 2019 to November 20, 2023.
The third project concerns the creation of a “Committee of Inquiry to investigate the legality, regularity and purposefulness of operational and reconnaissance activities undertaken, among others: with the use of Pegasus software by members of the Council of Ministers, secret services, police, tax control and customs and budgetary control authorities in the period from November 16, 2015 to November 20, 2023
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Source: wPolityce