Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that 4 June 2009 was the 20th anniversary of the first free elections in the Republic of Poland since World War II;

(b)

acknowledges Poland’s tremendous contribution to the fall of communism in Europe and notes Poland’s democratic achievements, particularly that the citizens of Poland resolutely voted to restore their Senate and reinstate the accountability and transparency of their government; and

(c)

notes the 40 years of struggle and hardship endured by those who fought to assure the independence of judges and the courts, to assure that Poles could freely form associations and clubs, and to bring about an overhaul of the economy.

Question agreed to.