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Polish Opposition Blocking Parliament for 3rd Day Amid Media Access Row

© AP Photo / Alik KepliczIn this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo a protester raises a communist-era sign reading "Photographing Forbidden", during a journalists protest in front of the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, against the ruling Law and Justice party plans to impose new rules starting Jan. 1 that would drastically limit reporters' access in parliament
In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo a protester raises a communist-era sign reading Photographing Forbidden, during a journalists protest in front of the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, against the ruling Law and Justice party plans to impose new rules starting Jan. 1 that would drastically limit reporters' access in parliament - Sputnik International
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The lawmakers from the opposition Polish parties have been blocking the parliament for three days in a row since they took the podium at the Sejm, the lower house, on Friday while their supporters have been protesting outside the building amid planned media restrictions in the parliament.

A caricature depicting Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of leading PIS party as General Wojciech Jaruzelski, who imposed the martial law in Poland in 1981 is seen during an anti-government protest in front of the Constitutional Court to thank the outgoing head of court Andrzej Rzeplinski for his efforts to defend its independence, in Warsaw on December 18, 2016 - Sputnik International
Protesters Block Polish Ruling Party Leader Car Amid Parliament Media Access Row
WARSAW (Sputnik) — The opposition plans to continue the protest until Tuesday.

On Saturday, demonstrators protested in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw in what became the biggest political standoff between the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) and several opposition groups. Thousands of people gathered in support of opposition Civic Platform party lawmakers who disrupted the parliamentary session a day earlier in protest of a decision to restrict media access to the Sejm.

The new media restrictions would allow only a limited number of TV stations in Poland to record parliamentary sessions starting next year.

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