- According to Mariusz Błaszczak, the opposition “already violated the basic principles of parliamentarism at the first meeting”
- “Elżbieta “Reasumpcja” Witek did not become deputy head of the Sejm. PiS behaved exactly like Kaczyński, fighting for sovereignty while disparaging the Polish national anthem,” wrote MEP Łukasz Kohut after that night's vote
- Left MP Krzysztof Śmiszek said that “Ms. Witek was marshal for 4 years is too long”
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Elżbieta Witek will not become deputy chair of the Sejm. A total of 458 MPs voted on the issue Monday evening. 203 MPs voted for Elżbieta Witek, 252 against. Three people abstained.
This was the first voice lost by Law and Justice in the new Sejm. Earlier, the party's president said that in recent years “we have had to face an unprecedented level of rudeness and rudeness, and the marshal endured it with extraordinary patience.”
— Marshal Witek was Chairman of the Sejm for more than 50 months and this was a very difficult time because the opposition declared itself as total opposition – said Jarosław Kaczyński when presenting the candidacy of Elżbieta Witek for the position of deputy speaker.
In turn, after the vote, Kaczyński assured that there would be no other candidate for deputy chairman of the Sejm from PiS. – He comes from another world, from another culture. Higher. They come from the lower classes, he said.
Elżbieta Witek will not become deputy head of the Sejm. Wave of comments
“Elżbieta 'Reasumpcja' Witek did not become deputy head of the Sejm. PiS behaved exactly like Kaczyński, fighting for sovereignty while disparaging the Polish national anthem,” wrote MEP Łukasz Kohut after that night's vote.
“The Sejm did not elect Elżbieta Witek as deputy chair of the Sejm. What is the PiS narrative now?” – asked journalist Karolina Opolska.
In contrast, according to Krzysztof Śmiszek, a member of parliament from the Left, “Ms. Witek was marshal for 4 years too long.” This is our first red card for violating the constitution!” he said.
“Their mouths were full of phrases about democracy and the politics of love, and they violated the basic principles of parliamentarism at the first meeting. Small parties have been an appetizer for Donald Tusk from the start. The PO will absorb its coalition partners,” wrote PiS lawmaker Mariusz Błaszczak.
“PiS has no place in the presidium of the Sejm. I wonder if Nowogrodzka will put forward another candidate,” asked political journalist Jacek Gądek.
The Sejm has a new speaker. Lawmakers voted
At the first meeting of the new term, members of parliament elect him by majority vote Szymon Hołownia is the new Chairman of the Sejm. According to the terms of the coalition agreement, the Polish leader in 2050 will hold this position for half the term.
Szymon Hołownia received 265 votes. His opponent, Elżbieta Witek – Poland's 193rd Leader 2050, is supported by all parties except PiS, including Konfederacja.
The only member of parliament who refrained from supporting any candidate, including Elżbieta Witek, was the representative of the Polish Ruler, Dariusz Matecki, who was selected from the PiS list.
The presentation of the voting results was greeted with applause. — This room is not the octagon of an MMA gala. This is a house of meetings and conversations. With this large turnout, Polish citizens are telling us very clearly: enough has happened. Not only parties, politics will also change, said newly elected Marshal Szymon Hołownia.
Szymon Hołownia's candidacy was previously presented from the podium by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The applicants are coalition partners who have just signed a coalition agreement – Polska 2050, PSL, Left and Civic Coalition.
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