State debt and legalisation of kid killing – here are the "priorities" that the Sejm will take on Wednesday

pch24.pl 8 months ago

The Parliament will start its gathering on Wednesday, at which MEPs will address the draft amendment of this year's budget and the draft on the partial decriminalisation of prenatal murders. The home is besides expected to work on proposals for civilian protection and civilian protection government and the fight against the alleged "hey" on the Internet.

The main point of Wednesday's gathering will be to conduct the first readings of the government's draft amendment of the budget law for 2024 and the alleged budget law, in which the state's debt, inter alia due to "social" policy, reaches evidence levels. The draft amendment of the budget for 2024 shows that the full gross is expected to amount to just over PLN 626 billion, while in the current law they are recorded at PLN 682.4 billion. taxation revenues are to amount to PLN 559,6 billion compared to PLN 603,9 billion in the current Act. This means that the gross after the amendment is expected to be more than PLN 44 billion less.

The largest decrease in the planned gross concerns VAT – after the amendment, the gross from this taxation is to be PLN 293.5 billion, by nearly PLN 23 billion little than originally. gross from CIT has been saved for just over PLN 58.5 billion, which will be lower by almost PLN 11.5 billion. The gross from PIT is besides to be lower – the draft amendment mentions almost PLN 97.75 billion, while in the current law it was planned to be PLN 109.2 billion. According to the project, the budget deficit is expected to amount to PLN 240.3 billion and the expenditure is to stay at the same level, or PLN 866.4 billion. The second reading of budget projects is scheduled for Friday.

Also on Wednesday, the Sejm is to re-occupate the parliamentary draft law on the partial decriminalisation of the alleged abortion. On July 12, the Sejm did not pass an amendment to the Penal Code in this case, brought by the Left club. respective voices were missing. For the 29 MPs of the PSL-TD club, only 4 were in favour of passing the novels: Agnieszka Wodek, Jolanta Zięba-Gzik, Urszula Pasławska and Magdalena Magoka.

In the second half of July, the task was recommissioned, including MPs from the Left, KO, Poland 2050-TD and Agnieszka Maria Wodek (PSL-TD). He assumes, among another things, the repeal of 2 provisions of Article 152 Kk, which mention to the conviction of 3 years in prison for the execution of a kid with the consent of a female in cases not permitted by the law, and the urging to commit this crime.

On Wednesday, Members are besides expected to start work on a government draft amendment of the Agricultural taxation Act, the taxation and Local Charges Act and the taxation Charge Act. The task has been prepared by the Ministry of Finance and, as reported in its explanatory memorandum, aims, among others, to "eliminate explanation doubts by clarifying existing rules". The rules for property taxing of garages in residential buildings are to be clarified and retention facilities will be considered to be a residential part of the building. "After the change, all premises intended for the retention of vehicles in residential buildings (not occupied by business) will be taxed at the same rate," explained the NRPM Communication.

On Thursday, the Sejm is to carry out the first reading of the Polish 2050-TD task on the fight against anonymous “headers” on the Internet. The amendment of the civilian Procedure Code allows a individual affected by hatred to file a alleged blind suit before the court, and the court requests the website admin to disclose the IP address of the perpetrator.

Members will then proceed to work on the government draft civilian Protection and civilian Defence Act. The task was submitted by the Minister of Home Affairs and Administration; it assumes that a civilian protection strategy is to be established that will be able to transform into civilian defence. The government will spend no little than 0.3% of GDP annually on fresh solutions. The construction of the civilian protection strategy will be based, among others, on the structures of the PSP, the TSO, the State Medical Rescue and the Emergency Notification System. At central level, the civilian protection strategy will coordinate the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, which will be supported by the Government civilian Protection Team.

The Sejm is besides to work on a government task on the creation of a new, "expert" and "independent" institution – the Fiscal Council. The NPRM explained in its Communication that the Council would be an advisory, opinionative and expert institution. It will begin its activities in 2026 (in 2025 the Council Office and its members will be appointed). The main tasks of the Fiscal Council will be to measure the macroeconomic forecasts that are utilized to draw up the draft budget law and the draft medium-term budgetary and structural plan; to give an opinion on the compliance of the budget law with the national and EU fiscal rules; to measure the consistency and effectiveness of the budgetary framework.

Source: PAP