"It's a bad bill, raising very serious doubts about the constitutional compatibility," said president Margaret Paprock's head of law firm in the programme "Guest of Events". According to her, president Andrzej Duda, who directed the bill to the Constitutional Court, had no choice.
Andrzej Duda addressed to the Constitutional Tribunal in preventive control mode the amendment Criminal Code adopted by the Sejm on 6 March - informed the President's Chancellery on Thursday. The hatred speech bill extended the catalogue of hatred crimes by 4 fresh conditions: age, gender, disability and sexual orientation.
Paprocka: Does our government truly believe that?
Paprocka pointed out that now the destiny of the bill depends on the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal, and the forthcoming end of president Duda's word of office is irrelevant in this case.
According to Paprocka, the arguments that the speech of hatred towards LGBT people, people with disabilities or women "is not a problem for the Presidential Palace" are wrong.
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- I'm sorry. On the contrary, it The president is simply a individual who wants to aid people with disabilities - stressed. She pointed out that it was the president who sent the bill to the Sejm to assist people with disabilities. She besides accused the Sejm of delaying work on this project.
- I'm sorry. Does our government truly believe that disability problems will solve A revision of the Criminal Code? It's a joke, she added.
According to Paprock, the laws are "undefined". - What does age discrimination mean? Each of us is any age.... So how do we separate this minority, this group... that would be discriminated against for this reason? This bill is formulated in specified a way that either all message can be qualified as a violation of the Criminal Code and consequently punished - she stressed.
On the Prime Minister's desk next candidacy
On Tuesday, the head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski presented Agnieszka Bartol with the appointment of Ambassador to the office of the Permanent typical of Poland to the European Union. A day later, a spokesperson for the ministry Paweł Wroński stated that this was to be a breakthrough in relations with the Presidential Palace.
Whether the dispute between the Ministry of abroad Affairs and Andrzej Duda in this case is averted was asked in the "Guest of Events" Head of the Chancellery of president of the Republic of Poland Margaret Paprock.
Grzegorz Kępka, the leader, recalled the nomination for Bartol. - I'm sorry. It was followed by nominations for the next ambassadors. On the Prime Minister's desk there are also candidates waiting for the countersignate - she forwarded Paprock and confirmed that there is simply a full mention 18 candidates.
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She besides said what it was. improving relations on the Tusk and Sikorski line - Duda. ## There was a substance of course ## return the MFA and Prime Minister to respect constitutional standardization about the fact that it is the president who appoints and cancels (ambassadors - ed.), we return to the procedure of the alleged preliminary consent and thus return besides to the discussion about these candidatures - she explained and added that "the president is always fulfilling his word".
"Very good signal for diplomacy". There will be further nominations
- I'm sorry. I think it's very good signal for Polish diplomacy to guarantee that the Polish State at the appropriate level is represented in those very crucial places where we have diplomatic representatives - Paprocka assessed.
She recalled that immediately after the holidays "a convention of abroad affairs on this substance is to be held". - I'm sorry. So we have another nomination ahead of us. (...) the procedure of appointments and appeals of ambassadors is under way - she assured.
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She added that "it could have been done months ago."
When asked if Duda would agree to Entrance of the Embassy in Washington by Bogdan Klich She said, "here Mr President's decision will not change.".
A dispute over ambassadors between the MFA and the President
Radosław Sikorski at the beginning of April - in the context of a dispute over ambassadors between the Ministry of abroad Affairs and president Duda - reported that after a year of hold the Prime Minister received the first 1 from the presidential law firm Requests for a countersignate of Ambassador nominations. Later, the President's office informed that Foreign Service Convention to examine further candidatures which have obtained the President's first approval.
A dispute between the MFA and president Duda on the appointment of ambassadors continued from March 2024. Sikorski then decided that Over 50 ambassadors will complete the mission, and respective candidatures submitted for acceptance by the erstwhile department management will be withdrawn.
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The president then raised that this it is up to him to appoint and cancel the ambassadors and - in accordance with 30 years of practice - the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs should ask him for his first approval to appoint the ambassador.
In place of ambassadors who left the facilities, but were not formally cancelled by the President, the diplomats indicated by the MFA, who, due to the conflict on the MFA line - KPRP do not have the position of ambassadors, but charge d'affaires - specified a situation is e.g. in the USA, where Bogdan Klich replaced Marek Magierowski.
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