Polish president sends freedom of assembly bill to constitutional court


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  • Friday, 30 Dec 2016

Poland's President Andrzej Duda arrives for a working session on Ukraine at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has declined to sign the government's freedom of assembly bill into law in the first such rejection since the Law and Justice party (PiS) took power in November last year.

The bill aims to provide a legal basis for prioritising rallies deemed by the authorities to have national importance -- such as historical anniversaries -- over other demonstrations and gatherings.

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