The Sejm did not reject the veto of Karol Nawrocki on the Chain Act

In early December, president Karol Nawrocki vetoed the amendment of the Animal Protection Act, which included a ban on keeping dogs trapped. He stressed that although the intent of the Act – the protection of animals – is right, its provisions were poorly formulated and peculiarly controversial proved to be provisions on dog coyotes.

The owner of a dog kept in a pen would gotta supply it with a hardened and mostly covered shelter with a minimum surface area: 10 m2 for dogs weighing little than 20 kg, 15 m2 for dogs weighing between 20 and 30 kg and 20 m2 for dogs weighing more than 30 kg. In addition, the coyote would be enlarged in proportion to the number of dogs present. In addition, the blankets had to be at least 1.7 m advanced and meet circumstantial plan requirements.

That was quite a few work.

On Wednesday, the Sejm voted against the President's veto on this issue. The veto was rejected by 246 Members, 192 against and no 1 abstained. The vote was not attended by 22 MPs, including the leader of Law and Justice, Jarosław Kaczyński.

155 MPs from KO, 31 from PSL, 31 from Poland 2050, 21 from Left, 4 from Together and 4 non-attached voted against. 175 Members from the Law and Justice, 10 from the Confederation, 4 from the Republicans, 2 from the Confederation of the Polish Crown and 1 non-attached MP were opposed.

In order to re-adopted the bill and effectively reject the President's veto, a majority of 3/5, or 263 votes, was required in accordance with the regulations.

Presidential bill

Before the vote there was a debate, during which the chief of the office of president Zbigniew Bogucki stated that the vetoed chain bill had mostly stigmatized the Polish village, which the president could not agree to.

The opposition of the head of state has sparked, among another things, rules on dog-pens. Bogucki pointed out that the president supported the thought of letting dogs off the chains and for this intent submitted an appropriate bill to the Sejm. He besides added that the veto bill was flawedly constructed both in substantive and legal terms, as it restricted the ban on being imprisoned only to dogs.