Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia announced that he had forwarded the draft PiS resolution on defending the cross to the Committee on Administration and Home Affairs. Joanna Lichocka of PiS expressed a desire for the proposal to be discussed during the chamber’s plenary session, rather than being referred back to the committee. (Attribution: wPolityce)
A PiS-authored draft resolution was published on the Sejm website on Tuesday. It states that the Sejm of the Republic of Poland calls for respect for the cross, framing the symbol as something beyond mere religious signifiers and as a cornerstone of shared values. The text links the cross to universal principles such as individual rights, equality, freedom, truth, and love of neighbor. It also frames the cross as a marker of national memory, a symbol of love for the homeland, and a source of pride in Poland’s more than a millennium of statehood. (Attribution: wPolityce)
– the draft declares.
At the start of Wednesday’s Sejm session, PiS MP Joanna Lichocka urged that the draft resolution concerning the cross, crafted by PiS MPs, be debated in the plenary and not sent back to the committee. Reflecting on the draft’s content, Lichocka argued that attempts to remove crosses from schools, hospitals, offices, and other public institutions in Poland would violate longstanding tradition, memory, and national pride. (Attribution: wPolityce)
In recent weeks, such efforts have been reported in the Voivodeship of Lublin and in the city government of Warsaw. (Attribution: wPolityce)
She stated that “Poland’s enemies have always fought with the cross.”
You don’t win with the cross, you don’t win with the Poles
– she added in a firm tone. In response, Marshal Szymon Hołownia said he had sent the PiS resolution draft to the Committee on Administration and Home Affairs for consideration. (Attribution: wPolityce)
The Presidium of the Sejm gave a positive assessment to this procedural decision, an emphasis repeated by Hołownia. (Attribution: wPolityce)
The question of the display of religious symbols in public spaces has reemerged in public discourse, notably after Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski issued a directive introducing equal-treatment standards in the mayor’s office, which included prohibiting the display of religious symbols on civil servants’ desks. The PiS draft notes that Warsaw’s mayor is accused of echoing the actions of communist authorities by banning crosses within institutions under his jurisdiction. (Attribution: wPolityce)
The draft argues that such actions infringe the Polish Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion and situates the country’s democratic foundations in values believed to be rooted in God. It contends that no government or local authority is empowered to alter constitutional provisions. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland calls on Warsaw authorities to refrain from measures that threaten the core framework of the Polish political system. (Attribution: wPolityce)
– the document states in the PiS-authored text.
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