President Andrzej Duda signed the act on a free Christmas Eve and referred it to the Constitutional Tribunal for post-control. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the Bundestag and called early parliamentary elections. In turn, the South Korean parliament voted to impeach acting president Han Duk Su. Here are six things to know on Saturday, December 28.
1. The President decided on the law on a free Christmas Eve
President Andrzej Duda decided to sign the law on a free Christmas Eve and refer it to the Constitutional Tribunal for post-control, among other things, due to comments from employee organizations that the regulation discriminates against trade workers, said Małgorzata Paprocka, head of the president's office.
She clarified that it is possible to refer the act to the Constitutional Tribunal for post-review only after its publication, so this will most likely happen at the beginning of January.
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2. Another tens of billions of zlotys for Poland
“I have just signed the 4th and 5th applications from the National Reconstruction Plan. This is another approximately PLN 30 billion for Poland,” said the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.
Each member state may submit two applications for KPO payment per year. The previous application, as part of the second and third tranches, was submitted by the Ministry of Funds in September. Poland received funds amounting to PLN 40 billion on December 17.
READ MORE: “I signed the 4th and 5th applications with the KPO. This is another approximately PLN 30 billion”
3. The second president of South Korea was dismissed
South Korea's parliament voted to impeach acting president Han Duk Su. The politician said he respected the MPs' decision.
The next head of state – already the third one in December – will, in accordance with the law, be the Minister of Finance.
4. The Bundestag is dissolved
President German Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the Bundestag and scheduled early parliamentary elections for February 23, 2025.
Steinmeier assured that until the new Bundestag is constituted after the elections, the parliament will continue its work.
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5. Death penalty for ramming people
Fan Weiqiu, the driver who drove his car into a crowd of people in the Chinese city of Zhuhai on November 11, was sentenced to death – the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. 35 people died and 43 were injured. It was the bloodiest such attack in China for a decade, but another one in recent months.
The agency, citing investigators' findings, reported that the 62-year-old was dissatisfied with the arrangement agreed upon after his divorce. division of property and “he deliberately drove into the crowd to vent his anger.”
6. Lechia stripped of its license
The PZPN Club License Committee suspended it on Friday Lechia Gdańsk for the rest of the Premier League games of the 2024-2025 season.
The problem also concerns the first league team Kotwica Kołobrzeg. Both teams, according to the analysis of the commission documents submitted as part of the extended financial supervision, failed to fulfill their obligations related to this supervision.
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