“ On Friday, the Polish Sejm rejected President Karol Nawrocki’s draft law on changes in aid to Ukrainians, which also proposed introducing criminal liability for the propaganda of “Banderism”. Source: “Polish Radio”, “European Truth” Details: Navrocki’s bill was prepared after he vetoed the previous new version of the law on aid to Ukrainians in Poland at the end of August. It broadly duplicated most of the provisions for phasing out some of the relief measures that had already been included in a government law passed in late September. Navrotsky also proposed norms that were not in the government law. The first of them related to changes to the Criminal Code of Poland and provided for an increase in the punishment for illegal crossing of the Polish border to five years of imprisonment, as well as an increase in the limits of punishment for organizing illegal border crossing – from 2 to 12 years of imprisonment. Another change was the introduction of criminal punishment for the propaganda of the so-called “Banderism” and the activities of the OUN-UPA – on the same grounds as for the propaganda of Nazism, communism or fascism. During the first reading of the draft law in October, two proposals were submitted to reject it. On Friday, November 7, the majority of Seimas deputies supported these proposals during the vote. 244 deputies voted to reject the project, 198 were against it, and three abstained. Ukrainian historians previously condemned the proposal of Polish President Karol Nawrocki to equate the ideology of the OUN-UPA with communism and to punish it.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Nayotskyi, photo: getty images Source: “Polish Radio”, “European Truth”
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Details: Navrocki’s draft law was prepared after he vetoed the previous new version of the law on assistance to Ukrainians in Poland at the end of August.
It broadly duplicated most of the provisions for phasing out some of the relief measures that had already been included in a government law passed in late September.
Navrotsky also proposed norms that were not in the government law. The first of them related to changes to the Criminal Code of Poland and provided for an increase in the punishment for illegal crossing of the Polish border to five years of imprisonment, as well as an increase in the limits of punishment for organizing illegal border crossing – from 2 to 12 years of imprisonment.
Another change was the introduction of criminal punishment for the propaganda of the so-called “Banderism” and the activities of the OUN-UPA – on the same grounds as for the propaganda of Nazism, communism or fascism.
During the first reading of the draft law in October, two proposals were submitted to reject it. On Friday, November 7, the majority of Seimas deputies supported these proposals during the vote. 244 deputies voted to reject the project, 198 were against it, and three abstained.
Ukrainian historians previously condemned the proposal of Polish President Karol Nawrocki to equate the ideology of the OUN-UPA with communism and to punish it.