Sejm Expands Special Services Committee from Seven to Eight Members

On Wednesday, the Sejm voted to increase the number of members on the Parliamentary Committee for Special Services from seven to eight following a motion by the Sejm Presidium.

Not Seven, but Eight Members

Not seven, but eight members. The Sejm increased the number of deputies belonging to the Committee for Special Services.

On Wednesday, at the request of the Sejm Presidium, the Sejm increased the number of members on the parliamentary Committee for Special Services from seven to eight. Currently, its composition includes representatives from KO, PiS, PSL-TD, Centrum, Lewica, and Konfederacja.

The New Number of Committee Members

The Sejm Presidium presented a draft resolution aimed at increasing the number of members on the Committee for Special Services from seven to eight. Changing the size of the special committee is possible, in accordance with the Sejm Regulations, upon the motion of the Sejm Presidium, through a resolution. The resolution was supported by 232 deputies, 200 voted against, and 5 abstained.

Currently, the committee includes Chairman Marek Biernacki (PSL-TD) and two deputy chairmen, Zbigniew Hoffmann (PiS) and Mirosław Suchoń (Centrum). In addition, the committee includes other members.

Scope of the Special Services Committee

What does the Committee for Special Services do? Committee meetings are, as a rule, classified. Its scope of activity includes, among other things, oversight of intelligence and security operations.

There are five main special services operating in Poland, divided into civilian services (Internal Security Agency, Foreign Intelligence Agency, and Central Anticorruption Bureau) and military services (Military Counterintelligence Service and Military Intelligence Service).