The decision to reject the President's project was made by voting 23:14. The statement on this issue was submitted by the left-wing MP Tomas Trella.
– Today, I absolutely cannot find an argument to touch on Andrzej Duda's caricature of the budget bill, which is dictated only by political aspects. There is no substantial aspect or value here, and I propose that we, as a committee, look at only one bill, Trella said during the meeting.
The decision of the MPs means that the Public Finance Committee will only work on the 2024 Government Budget Act project.
Act related to the budget
On Thursday, a new draft of the budget act was published on the website of the legislative center of the government. As Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced, the document provides for the transfer of PLN 3 billion for the treatment of pediatric oncology, psychiatry and rare diseases of people under 18 years of age.
This is the second draft of the budget act submitted by the government. The first parliament accepted it on December 20, but on Saturday The president vetoed it.
“This cannot be agreed upon considering the gross violation of the constitution and the principles of a democratic state of law. The public media must first be repaired reliably and in accordance with the law,” Andrzej Duda said on social media at the time. It implies confusion in the state media regarding the method of changing the government.
We remind you that the act related to the budget, that is, the act on special decisions to be implemented Budget Act of 2024“It has an auxiliary nature of the budget and should not be confused with the budget act itself, which is still a subject of legislative work.