POLAND: President elect attends his final session as parliament speaker

Record ID: 805313

  • Title: POLAND: President elect attends his final session as parliament speaker
  • Date: 9th July 2010
  • Summary: WARSAW, POLAND (JULY 7, 2010) REUTERS) POLISH PARLIAMENT POLISH AND EUROPEAN FLAGS CHAMBER OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT VARIOUS OF POLISH PRESIDENT ELECT, BRONISLAW KOMOROWSKI ADDRESSING HOUSE AS SPEAKER EMPTY PRESIDENTIAL THRONE IN CHAMBER VARIOUS OF KOMOROWSKI ANNOUNCING HIS LAST SITTING AS SPEAKER SHAKING HANDS TO APPLAUSE AND BEATING THE SPEAKER'S STAFF VARIOUS OF PARLIAMENTARY CORRIDORS KOMOROWSKI ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) POLISH PRESIDENT ELECT, BRONISLAW KOMOROWSKI SAYING: "Tomorrow during the meeting of party leaders from the lower chamber of parliament I will submit my resignation to the two person council of the chamber. I will resign as the speaker of parliament, as part of a sequence of events. All the statutory power without the right of signing legislation, however allowing the functioning of parliament in accordance with the chamber's customs, will be given to the oldest vice-speaker, Stefan Niesiolowski" CAMERAS KOMORWSKI LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 24th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Poland
  • Country: Poland
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVACYL1PP2P7B86OURLSPTMOIWNN
  • Story Text: One day after receiving an official document from the Electoral Commission confirming his victory in Poland's presidential elections, Bronislaw Komorowski announced that Wednesday (July 7) would be his final day as Speaker of the lower house of parliament.
    Parliamentarians applauded as Komorowski beat the Speaker's staff for the final time, after attending his final parliamentary session in the role.
    "I will submit my resignation to the two person council of the chamber. I will resign as the speaker of parliament, as part of a sequence of events," Komorowski told a news conference.
    The sequence of events included resigning as acting president, a role he automatically took on after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in April. He also stood down as an MP and relinquished is party membership to PO (Civic Platform), the ruling party in government.
    Komorowski formally assumes his duties as head of state after a swearing-in ceremony likely to be held on August 7.
    In last Sunday's (July 5) election run-off Komorowski won 53 percent of the vote against the twin brother of the former president Jaroslaw Kaczynski's 47 percent.
    His election ended an extraordinary period in Polish politics following the plane crash in Russia that killed many top state officials as well as Lech Kaczynski.
    It has also consolidated the domination of Polish politics by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his pro-euro, pro-business party.
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