Polish president, "a national interest in maintaining Jewish rights"

Meeting held by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, with the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Michael Shudrich, at the President 'Delaware' in Warsaw, the president said: "Poland has a national interest of supreme importance to preserve the religious rights of the Jewish community in the country. I will take significant steps to promote the issue of kosher slaughter approval in Poland. "

The special meeting was attended by Minister of Culture at the President, Mr. Mtz'iiklintz'ak, the Mufti of Poland Aiskvic Thomas, and the Religious Council of the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland, Rabbi Simcha Keller.

Polish President was interested in Constitutional minutiae generated and how the Jewish community is dealing with the problem of the ban on ritual slaughter in the country. Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Michael Shudrich told at the meeting that within ten days the Jewish community in Poland will submit, which has the legal status, the highest appeal court in the constitution, providing legal opinion in the case. "The Center for Constitutional Parliament, the body whose role is to clarify the Polish Constitution, examined the issue of slaughter, but refrained from expressing a position on the constitutional occurring when there is one law for the protection of Jewish religious rights enacted in 1997 following an agreement made between the Polish Government and the Jewish community and other law prohibiting slaughter before performing electric shocks in parallel, "said Rabbi Shudrich," We are preparing a re-formulated bill and will be submitted for approval of the Polish Authorities. Currently there is no shortage of kosher meat for the holidays and unexpected shortages of kosher meat in Poland.

Rabbi Shudrich said after that the meeting was successful and the president showed great care and support of the Jewish community in maintaining the religious rights for kosher slaughter.

"However, we are aware of the limits and officially as the executive branch he should not intervene in the decision of the court. We hope that the position of the president and the government supports the position of the Jewish community discussions will help us expected the High Court to the Constitution and we are optimistic we will be approved kosher slaughter."

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