The Civic Coalition will announce the results of the primary elections and thus present its candidate for president. Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar submitted a request for the Sejm to consent to the detention and forcible bringing of Zbigniew Ziobro to a meeting of the Sejm committee on Pegasus. Tomasz Szmydt was granted asylum in Belarus. Check out five things to know on Saturday, November 23.
1. Announcement of the results of the Civic Coalition primary elections
The National Council of the Civic Platform will meet on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Warsaw. The Civic Coalition's candidate in next year's presidential elections will be announced there. The mayor of Warsaw is fighting for the nomination Rafał Trzaskowski and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski.
The results of the Civic Coalition's primary elections will be announced on SaturdayMaciej Knapik/Fakty TVN
2. Application to bring Ziobro
Attorney General Adam Bodnar submitted to the Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, a request for the Sejm to consent to the detention and forcible bringing of Zbigniew Ziobro for a meeting of the parliamentary committee for Pegasus. The application has already been submitted to the Chancellery of the Sejm, and the Marshal “has given the matter the highest priority.”
3. The investigative commission notifies the prosecutor's office
Head of the investigative commission into the case of envelope elections: Magdalena Filiks from the Civic Coalition presented a report on its work. She assessed that “the scale of irregularities and the manner of action of the highest state officials was shocking and unprecedented.” The Commission sent 10 applications to the prosecutor's office. They concern 19 people, among others Jarosław Kaczyński, Mateusz Morawiecki, Jacek Sasin, Mariusz Kamiński Whether Michał Dworczyk.
The commission for envelope elections adopted a report on its workTVN24
4. Tomasz Szmydt received asylum in Belarus
Aleksandr Lukashenka signed a decree granting political asylum in Belarus to Tomasz Szmydt – reported the state agency BelTA. Szmydt is a former judge who was wanted for espionage and fled Poland at the beginning of May.
Tomasz SzmydtRafał Guz/PAP
5. It will be even 14 degrees
The next few days will bring a lot of changes in the weather. First of all, a portion of warmer air will come over Poland, which will increase the temperature in places to up to 14 degrees Celsius. How long will this warming last? Read more here.
Main photo source: Radek Pietruszka/PAP