The restriction of the right of putting interpellations in the Seym to groups of Daputies numbering at least one-sixth of the total number of Deputies, would make it impossible for small groups to put interpellations at all, though they represent the interests of a compact section of the population, says a statement by the Club of Jewish Deputies presented in the Seym to-day in opposition to the Government proposals for amending the Constitution, which the Seym began to consider to-day. The total number of Deputies in the Seym is 444, the statement says, and there is no chance of the Jewish population of Poland ever being able to return 74 Deputies to the Seym.
The Club complains also that the proposed restriction of the right of immunity enjoyed by Deputies is excessive. The Jewish population, it says, has been engaged for years in a long and arduous struggle for Jewish cultural, policical and social rights, and this struggle would be made entirely impossible if the rights of the Jewish postulates would become altogether dependent upon the goodwill of the Government authorities.
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