Tempers begin to boil in the Sejm over as EU referendum draws ever closer

Roman Giertych of the Polish Families League (LPR) has entered into a dispute with Deputy Sejm Speaker, and Civic Platform (PO) leader Donald Tusk, over an inquiry whether to have yet another discussion about the works of the European Convent on the European Constitution before June's EU referendum. Tusk announced that the Sejm meeting, which was to take place before June 7, was cancelled because it would turn into an emotional explosion. "In relation to your current emotional state, you are unable to run the meeting," Giertych told Tusk yesterday. The LPR Deputy also demanded a meeting of the Seniors' Convent, and a continuation of the Sejm debate with the Speaker, Marek Borowski. Giertych announced he does not exclude that during the next meeting he will submit a motion to dismiss Tusk from the position of Deputy Speaker. Donald Tusk turned off the microphone when Giertych continued his speech after being told to leave the speaker's platform a number of times. (www.onet.pl; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 7) A.K.