“I suggest starting by respecting the current one,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk replied pointedly, reacting to reports from the Presidential Palace about work beginning on the shape of a new constitution. Opposition leaders quickly fired back.
Today, presidential spokesperson Rafał Leśkiewicz announced that President Karol Nawrocki will establish a Council for a New Constitution on Constitution Day, May 3, along with its first members.
“These won’t be coffee-and-cake meetings, but concrete, substantive work. That is why the President is inviting representatives of parliamentary clubs and caucuses, because this is, after all, a decision of a political nature, regardless of how one might view it,” Leśkiewicz said on Polsat News.
He added that invitations were sent out “yesterday” to parliamentary clubs and caucuses, and that the president expects the Council to include two representatives from each parliamentary club and one from each caucus.
The participation of the Civic Coalition remains uncertain. Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the presidential initiative:
“Mr. Karol Nawrocki has announced that he will work on a new constitution. I suggest starting by respecting the current one,” he wrote on X.
“Then start,” replied Przemysław Czarnek, Law and Justice’s candidate for prime minister.
