Protests in Warsaw continue, as tempers flare in parliament

Record ID: 903262

  • Title: Protests in Warsaw continue, as tempers flare in parliament
  • Date: 19th July 2017
  • Summary: WARSAW, POLAND (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE CORDON AROUND PARLIAMENT WHITE ROSES, SYMBOL OF OPPOSITION AGAINST RULING PARTY LAW AND JUSTICE (PIS), STUCK IN BARRICADE POLICE DEMONSTRATORS SIGN READING (Polish) "Separation of powers is a base of civil rights and democracy" DEMONSTRATORS WITH EU FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE DEMOCRACY MEMBER, RADOMIR SZUMELDA, SAYING: "These citizen protests, which are actually massive, have reached a certain goal, have succeeded. Jaroslaw Kaczynski has been driven to lose his temper, he made serious mistakes and probably today Law and Justice do not know how to proceed further. But this also shows that its worth to protest." VARIOUS DEMONSTRATORS IN FRONT OF STAGE CAMP SET UP BY DEMONSTRATORS, INCLUDING WHEEL BARRELS WITH IMAGES OF PIS POLITICIANS, A SYMBOL OF DRIVING THEM OUT OF POWER "WOMEN'S STRIKE" FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) DEMONSTRATOR, IZABELA MOZDZEN, SAYING: "We set up the tent city a few days ago because we want to express our displeasure with what is going on in the country and express support for the opposition in the parliament." VARIOUS DEMONSTRATORS POLICE BEHIND BARRIER WITH WHITE ROSE STUCK IN IT POLICE CORDON
  • Embargoed: 2nd August 2017 11:25
  • Keywords: judiciary supreme court reform
  • Location: JULY 19, 2017
  • City: JULY 19, 2017
  • Country: Poland
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016QDUTZB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Demonstrators remained in front of Poland's parliament on Wednesday (July 19), when its lower house voted on to send a contested Supreme Court reform bill to a parliamentary committee, moving closer to passing a law the opposition says erodes the independence of the country's judiciary.
    Lawmakers from the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and their coalition partners passed the bill, which would give them the power to appoint Supreme Court judges, in its first reading.
    During a long and rowdy parliamentary session on Tuesday PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski lost his temper and accused opposition MPs of murdering his brother, the late President Lech Kaczynski.
    The committee is expected to review the bill immediately.
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