The President referred two laws regarding the Constitutional Tribunal to the Constitutional Tribunal under the preventive review procedure. PiS MP Marcin Romanowski did not appear at the hearing. In turn, in Stockholm, the board of the Swedish Karolinska Institute announced the winners of the Nobel Prize for 2024 in the field of medicine. Here are five things to know on Tuesday, October 8.
1. Laws relating to the Constitutional Tribunal addressed to the Constitutional Tribunal
President Andrzej Duda submitted two laws regarding the Constitutional Tribunal to the Constitutional Tribunal under the preventive control procedure, she informed Chancellery of the President. Both laws regarding the Constitutional Tribunal, together with the resolution of the Sejm adopted in March and the proposal to amend the constitution, constitute a package – presented at the beginning of March by the head of the Ministry of Justice. Adam Bodnar and politicians of the ruling coalition – a comprehensive reform of the Constitutional Tribunal.
2. Romanowski did not appear at the hearing
The National Prosecutor's Office was to repeat the charges against MP Marcin Romanowski and also interrogate him as a suspect. However, the Sovereign Poland politician did not appear at the prosecutor's office.
Romanowski's defense attorney “sent a written justification for this absence, indicating that it was due to a previously planned, longer, foreign trip” to Hungary. Investigators accuse the former deputy Zbigniew Ziobro fixing competitions within the Justice Fund and participating in an organized criminal group.
3. Hezbollah launched a rocket attack on Israel
Operating in Lebanon The Shiite organization Hezbollah fired in the direction Israel approximately 190 missiles, the Israeli military reported. At least 12 people were injured, including in Haifa, the country's third-largest city.
Earlier, about 100 Israeli planes carried out a wave of massive airstrikes on 120 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the armed forces said.
4. The winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine were announced
In Stockholm, the board of the Swedish Karolinska Institute announced the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The award was presented to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun.
As the Nobel Committee explained, they discovered microRNA (miRNA), a new class of small RNA molecules that play a key role in regulating gene activity. “MicroRNAs turn out to be fundamentally important for the development and functioning of organisms” – it was noted.
5. “Successful intelligence operation” in the Baltic Sea
Military intelligence Ukraine (HUR) disabled the Russian minesweeper Alexander Obukhov, which was stationed in Baltiysk and was supposed to be on combat duty.
The ship was hit in the gas duct, which caused water to enter the engine. The unit was sent for repairs, HUR announced on Telegram.
Main photo source: PAP/Tomasz Gzell