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Polish Deputy Speaker Calls for Parliamentary Pause to Resolve Crisis

© REUTERS / Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja GazetaPolish opposition parliamentarians protest against the rules proposed by the head office of the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, ban all recording of parliamentary sessions except by five selected television stations and limits the number of journalists allowed in the building, in the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 16, 2016
Polish opposition parliamentarians protest against the rules proposed by the head office of the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, ban all recording of parliamentary sessions except by five selected television stations and limits the number of journalists allowed in the building, in the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Poland's deputy speaker of the lower-house Sejm from the main opposition Civic Platform party suggested to the Sejm presidium to call a pause in sessions until January 18 to resolve the parliamentary and budgetary crises, according to local media.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Poland's deputy speaker of the lower-house Sejm from the main opposition Civic Platform party proposed on Wednesday to pause parliamentary proceedings to resolve a month-old crisis, local media reported.

(L-R) The speaker of the Polish Senate Stanislaw Karczewski, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, the leader of the PiS (Law and Justice) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the speaker of the parliament Marek Kuchcinski and the deputy speaker of the parliament Ryszard Terlecki attend a press conference on December 21, 2016 in Warsaw - Sputnik International
Poland’s Ruling Party Ready to Consider Opposition's Draft Budget Amendments
A sit-in protest by opposition lawmakers blocked the main chamber of the Sejm in mid-December, forcing the ruling party lawmakers who have enough members for a constitutional quorum, to approve several bills, including the draft budget, in another part of the building. The opposition called the vote illegal and demanded a rerun.

"Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, has suggested to the Sejm presidium to call a pause in sessions until January 18 to resolve the parliamentary and budgetary crises," Civic Platform leader Grzegorz Schetyna said, as quoted by the TVN24 news channel.

The sit-in was prompted by a decision of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to restrict journalists’ right to cover the work of the lower house. The PiS has since dropped this plan.

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