Polish Sejm crisis

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Polish Sejm crisis
Part of the Polish rule-of-law crisis
Date	16 December 2016 (2016-12-16) – 12 January 2017 (2017-01-12)
Location	Poland (biggest cities)
Caused by	Parliamentarian crisis, regulations limiting the press and media to passage with all media equipment such as cameras on all corridors in Sejm buildings
Methods	Civil resistance, demonstrations, protest marches, picketing
Status	Inactive
Parties
Protesters Committee for the Defence of Democracy (support parties) Civic Platform Modern Polish Government Polish Police Guards of Sejm Law and Justice
Number
17 December 2016 Few thousands[1]

The Polish Sejm crisis (Polish: Kryzys sejmowy w Polsce) was a period of political stalemate in Poland's national legislature from 16 December 2016 to 12 January 2017, resulting from an attempt to limit freedom of the press at the Sejm buildings in Warsaw, Poland. The attempt to reorganize press access to Sejm members, certain chambers and deliberations led to protests by opposition-party Sejm members, and by pro-opposition citizens of Poland's major cities, including Warsaw.^[2]