‘Civic Platform OUTRAGED’

Published on 28 January 2013 at 09:41

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On January 25, the Polish parliament (Sejm) dismissed three draft bills on civil partnership (two prepared by the opposition and one by the ruling Civic Platform - PO). Surprisingly, despite PM Donald Tusk’s calls to back his party draft bill, 46 conservative PO MPs led by Justice Minister Jarosław Gowin voted against the project, stirring widespread anger.
Soon after the vote, all dissenters along with Donald Tusk received more than 400,000 emails criticizing them for “prejudice” and neglecting “the interests of thousands of Poles living in informal unions”.

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