Paweł Kukiz helps PiS to vote on lex TVN
The Sejm passed the Lex TVN act. 228 deputies were in favor, 216 were against, and 10 abstained. The opposition is protesting as there has been a reassumption of voting on the postponement of the meeting to September, and there was no reason to do so.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz from the PSL and Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz from the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) submitted motions to adjourn the session of the Sejm. The motion was approved, and there was no majority of Law and Justice. Five members of the Agreement voted together with the opposition.
Marshal Elżbieta Witek then decided to reassume the vote. After the break, three MPs from Kukiz'15 - Paweł Kukiz, Jarosław Sachajko and Stanisław Żuk - changed their minds. The parliamentarians voted together with PiS, which allowed for the resumption of the session. Earlier, Sachajko explained that there was a mistake.
"Kukiz's deputies sold themselves in the parliamentary hall to PiS. An hour ago they voted to postpone the deliberations, now, after negotiations in the lobby with Kaczyński, they changed their mind. The image of collapse and decay. Until you can smell the rot," commented Jan Grabiec from CP.
It was one of the milder comments. Other MPs even talk about a coup d'état and the end of democracy in Poland.
