Budget debate leads to near anarchy in Parliament

The Sejm Speaker went so far as to even forbid all Sejm Commissions to meet yesterday. This unprecedented decision was commented on by the opposition that PiS fears that other parties might overthrow the leaders of the Commissions who are representatives of PiS. The opposition openly declared that it is considering such a move, and said they can continue work on the budget bill in spite of the will of the Sejm Speaker and without the participation of PiS. After these threats Marek Jurek withdrew from his earlier announcements and the various parties reached a compromise. However, there will be no Sejm debate on the budget Friday, which means that the second reading of the budget bill will be held on Saturday, while the final voting on this issue will be conducted on January 24. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.