When, after the statement of the former head of MEiN in the Sejm, opposition MPs began to attack him, Czarnek asked for a correction, and the chairman of the meeting, Dorota Niedziela, at one point put on the microphone from the PiS MP. The former head of MEiN found a rather unexpected ally. Confederation MP Grzegorz Braun demanded the right of correction for the PiS parliamentarian, without sparing attacks on Jarosław Kaczyński’s party, which he called the “united lie-right”.
Czarnek: Establish this committee only in accordance with the law and the quotas
At the start of Thursday’s Sejm session, delegates continued working on the draft resolution prepared by KO regarding the appointment of an investigative committee to investigate the so-called envelope elections.
Czarnek, presenting the position of the PiS club, emphasized that he was steadfastly in favor of the draft resolution to appoint an investigative committee to investigate the so-called envelope elections.
The PiS club will invariably vote in favor of the establishment of this committee
– he declared.
Czarnek also ironized that PiS taught PO politicians the four verses of the national anthem, which female name appears in the Polish national anthem, that the Polish flag is held during demonstrations, and not “iris or other flags”, and that in a democracy taxes are supposed go to the budget and not to lobbyists or VAT mafias.
Dear friends, appoint this committee, but – please note – in accordance with the law and in accordance with the parities specified in the law on the Sejm Investigative Committee. Call us and we will teach you honesty in the debate about democracy
– said Czarnek.
During his speech, he recalled the circumstances of these elections. He emphasized that the constitution requires the holding of presidential elections and they were ordered in February 2020, and a month later the first case of coronavirus appeared in Poland and an epidemic was introduced.
The Government of the Republic of Poland, responsible for the Polish state, for Poland, responsible for the health of its citizens, was faced with the obligation to prepare elections under extremely difficult conditions.
– he pointed.
He explained that the government had taken all possible measures to ensure that the elections would take place on May 10.
We have decided that these elections should be held in the safest way possible, and that they should take place by correspondence
– he said.
He noted that no postal elections have taken place.
Today you are appointing a committee of inquiry, thank you very much. In this committee we would like to show who is responsible for the situation in which the obligations of the Polish state could not be fulfilled. Who led to the situation where you actually blocked the functioning of the Polish state in terms of fundamental duties, because holding elections is an obligation, because we are a democratic country. You are not democratic, you have acted as a totalitarian opposition, not even total
– he emphasized.
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Tomczyk: The Public Prosecution Service will deal with you in the future
Then KO politician Cezary Tomczyk spoke and said that Czarnek was, among other things, “an icon of honesty in the Third Polish Republic, a man who gave away villas to his friends and PiS members for 5 PLN.”
And such a man is a perfect example, because the prosecutor’s office will deal with you in the future
– the KO MP asked the PiS politician.
KO’s deputy marshal did not give Czarnek the floor
After this speech, Przemysław Czarnek asked to speak for 30 seconds, justifying that he wanted to comment on ad hominem arguments. However, the chairman of the meeting, Deputy Marshal Dorota Niedziela (KO), did not give him the floor. The Deputy Marshal justified that “referring to Article 184 (of the Rules of Procedure of the Sejm) sees no reason for correction.
The PiS politician asked to speak again and remained on stage. Deputy Marshal Niedziela asked Przemysław Czarnek to approach her, but the former head of MEiN started talking again. Czarnek turned to MP Tomczyk and indicated that “the personal attack requires correction,” but his microphone was turned off.
Several shouts from parliamentarians, both KO and PiS, were heard from the parliamentary benches. KO MP Sławomir Nitras shouted at Czarnek:
Come down, sir! Learn the rules, go to school!
However, PiS MPs emphasized that since it was a personal matter, Przemysław Czarnek should be given the opportunity to make a correction.
The deputy marshal again asked Czarnek to approach her, but the PiS politician left the stage.
Braun: Please do not deny the right to rectification
In a later speech, Confederation MP Grzegorz Braun commented on this situation and demanded “in the form of a formal motion” the right of correction for Minister Czarnek.
On this occasion, the Confederacy politician did not fail to attack Law and Justice in a manner typical of his formation.
God is neither my brother nor my matchmaker, and any of you who have spent the past four years in a juvenile detention center under Marshal Witek know this well. But the fact that United Lying-Right shows herd instincts and is strong in a group, a bunch, is no reason for you to be accountable for such nice things to beautiful people.
– he said, forgetting that he had volunteered to attend the “Marshal Witek prison school” to participate in the 2019 parliamentary elections.
Please do not deny the right to correction in such an obvious matter. The minister’s name has been mentioned from this podium, in a debate that is far from over, I think dozens of times. Please promise the Minister that at the end of this session, which is becoming a show of hatred against him, he will be able to speak
Braun said.
I suggested to Mr Czarnek that he make a correction at the end of the discussion, but Mr Czarnek rejected this proposal
– replied Dorota Niedziela, who chaired the meeting.
Following the request of the Confederation MP, Przemysław Czarnek approached Braun and shook his hand.
The Confederation wants to expand the scope of the investigation committee’s activities
Witold Tumanowicz, who presented the Confederation’s position on the issue, said that all aspects of the post-elections must be examined because “we were dealing with an unprecedented event, if only to know how to respond to the future. “
We are tabling an amendment to expand the scope of the committee’s activities
– said Tumanowicz.
When PAP asked about the issue, he said the Confederation “also wants to examine the consequences of the fact that these elections were not held within the constitutional period.”
We would like to investigate the circumstances surrounding the setting of a new date and the replacement of the candidates
– added.
He also appealed not to deprive the Confederation of membership of such a committee.
There are rumors that you want to deprive 1.5 million voters of their representatives in this and subsequent committees of inquiry. I understand that this is an arithmetic, proportional division, but I am convinced that two, three or four representatives of the Platform or PiS will not express this position of the PO or PiS better or more strongly, while they give the 1 .5 million voters of the Confederation will certainly be a problem for these voters, as well as the omission of an important voice in these commissions of inquiry. The social interest requires that these 1.5 million also have a representative in this committee and in subsequent committees
– said the Southern MP.
He assured that “the Confederation is in favor of the creation of these and other committees, but without the participation of representatives of the Confederation, there will only be more PO-PiS wars and circuses.”
In the amendment submitted, the Confederation proposes to add an item: “examining the circumstances and legality of deciding on a new date for the presidential elections after May 10, 2020.” and the following point: “investigation and assessment of the legality of the preparations for the presidential elections on June 28, 2020, in particular the creation of new electoral commissions and the submission of new candidates for the President of the Republic of Poland.”
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Source: wPolityce