Citizens’ voice comes first: leader of opposition

“I promised that the voice of citizens will be the most important for us. As you can see, the solutions regarding the raises did not appeal to the public,” said the chairman of Civic Coalition (PO) party Borys Budka on August 17 at a press conference.

He said he would recommend senators to reject the bill on raises in full. Answering journalists’ questions, Budka added that “anyone can make a mistake.”

On August 14, the lower house (Sejm) of Polish parliament adopted changes in the law increasing salaries for local government officials, parliamentarians and persons holding managerial positions in the state. 386 deputies voted in favor of the amendment, 33 were against and 15 abstained. All three readings of the law were held in one day.

(Polsat)