President Andrzej Duda will attend the candle-lighting ceremony in the parliament building at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
The president will emphasise that "Poland is proud of its history, tradition and culture, which includes the history of Polish Jews," according to presidential aide Wojciech Kolarski.
The Polish head of state has stressed that, despite Tuesday's "shocking" incident, Poland is a welcoming place for the Jewish community, officials told reporters.
On Monday, Duda attended a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at his presidential palace.
On Tuesday, far-right lawmaker Grzegorz Braun took an extinguisher and sprayed powder to put out Hanukkah candles standing in the lobby of the parliament, according to news reports at the time.
The MP with the Confederation party then took to the parliamentary podium where he described the Hanukkah candles as "Satanic" and declared that he was restoring "normality."
Braun was excluded from the Sejm lower-house sitting and received a maximum fine; the Sejm Office later referred him to prosecutors over the incident, the PAP news agency reported.
On Wednesday, the Confederation party suspended Braun from his duties as a member of the parliamentary group and banned him from speaking in the house, reporters were told.
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is observed for eight nights and days. This year it began at sunset on Thursday, December 7, and ends on Friday, December 15.
Hanukkah commemorates the 2nd century BCE victory of Judah Maccabee and his followers in a revolt in ancient Judea against the armies of the Seleucid Empire.
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Source: PAP, interia.pl
