Brawl in the Sejm. Left MP to the Speaker: this lightning will be aimed at Mr.
Published March 6, 2024 12:03
- You, as a Catholic, use the word "liar." You called Deputy Speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty a liar, who said that you were freezing, blocking, not allowing bills on the right to abort pregnancies to proceed. You have turned the parliamentary freezer into a smiling freezer. Apparently, you don't have any bills tucked away in your drawers, which is exactly what you are doing. For the men running this country, there is never a good time for women. And it's NATO entry, and it's EU entry, and it's elections and more elections. After the first round of local elections, there will be a second round, followed by European elections, presidential elections, and then parliamentary elections. I make a formal motion to close the meeting in order to add to the agenda the projects on the right to abortion. And this lightning will be aimed at you," she said from the rostrum, pointing to the Women's Strike symbol.
The MP's words were addressed by Szymon Holownia, who pointed out that the claim that projects on the right to terminate pregnancies go unaddressed is incorrect.
- A date has been set for when they will be considered. That date is April 11, and it will be met. I will not allow us to leave the House on Women's Day with a basket full of bills that were supposed to improve women's rights in Poland. This will be a slap in the face to those who elected us, those who believed in the hope carried by the coalition on October 15. If I have a unanimous declaration from all the clubs making up the parliamentary majority today that the bills, the last of which met all the formal requirements last week, will not be thrown out in the first reading, I am open to talks on the matter. I want to do everything to minimize the risk for Polish women that a political show will be held in this Sejm, and we will leave here with nothing," the Sejm Speaker argued.
Szymon Holownia's decision was defended by MP Żaneta Cwalina-Sliwowska of Poland 2050. As she said, the worst situation one could imagine is one in which all four projects go to the trash.
- Poland 2050 is in favor of working on all projects on pregnancy termination and for the voice of every environment to be taken into account. We are for constructive solutions and peace in the coalition," she stressed.
- We have waited 30 years and you may think that a week or two or three difference is no longer a problem. And I think there is a problem, and it won't be long before we see those lightning bolts on the streets again," Anna Maria Zhukovskaya retorted toward the marshal.
In turn, Equality Minister Katherine Kotula stressed that there is always a good time to talk about women's rights.
- Polish women have been waiting for more than 30 years for a fair debate on abortion, but they terminate pregnancies regardless of whether politicians use the parliamentary freezers, recognize whether before or after the elections is a good time. Polish women terminate pregnancies regardless of whether some politicians address them with false concern, saying: it's for your own good. The October 15 coalition government and the Left promised you that after eight years of rule by those whose state was oppressive, we will do everything to make sure that your every choice is respected, so that you can make your own decisions about your health, body and life. On the table lie the good projects of the Left and the Civic Coalition, on the table lies a new compromise. This is the project on the decriminalization of abortion," Katherine Kotula pointed out.












