Lower house of Poland's Parliament adopts judicial reform

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Lower house of Poland's Parliament adopts judicial reform

STORY: Lower house of Poland's Parliament adopts judicial reform DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sejm building 2. SOUNDBITE (Polish): ELZBIETA WITEK, Marshal of the Sejm (Courtesy of Sejm TV) 3. various of Polish and EU flags STORYLINE: Poland's Supreme Court reform bill, which was needed to unlock billions of euros in European Union (EU) post-pandemic recovery funds, was passed by the lower house of the country's Parliament (Sejm) on Friday. In the 460-member chamber, 203 deputies supported the bill, 52 were against (including 22 members of the ruling caucus) and 189 abstained (opposition parties), the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported. SOUNDBITE (Polish): ELZBIETA WITEK, Marshal of the Sejm "We vote on the whole project of the bill. Who is for the adoption of the entire bill? Who is against? Who abstained? Thank you. 444 deputies voted, 203 for, 52 against, 189 abstained. The Sejm passed the bill." The government itself was spli

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