President's constitutional amendments fall flat

The morning news reported a list of 57 deputies who signed a motion to reject the amendments, leaving the chief of Law and Justice parliamentary club Marek Kuchcinski surprised, particularly since the media knew before  party authorities. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski tried to discipline his deputies and convince them to support the amendments proposed by the president. When the Sejm was voting on the amendment proposed by the League of Polish Families (LPR) 60 deputies from PiS voted for it, additionally all PiS deputies voted for the amendment proposed by the president. However, the amendments were not passed as they lacked 100 additional votes. Several minutes after voting the Sejm's marshal Marek Jurek announced his resignation saying that he felt personally responsible for the result. (Rzeczpospolita, April 14-15, p.A1) M.M.