Justice Minister, lawyer General Adam Bodnar reported on Monday that the committee was working on "to clarify the mechanisms of repression against civilian society organisations and social activists in 2015-2023".
The committee presented at the press conference on Monday, which was besides attended by Mr Tomasz Siemoniak, among others, will be tasked with "researching and analysing equal methods of limiting the usage of constitutional freedoms" in 2015-2023. It will include 11 personsand the president will be the lawyer Sylvia Gregorczyk-Abram.
This week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to sign a "appropriate order" to set up this committee.
A survey of abuse of power. Adam Bodnar: Worth the Time and Energy
Minister Bodnar said the thought for this committee came “from experience regarding analysis of committee work to analyse Russian influence’.
– Together with Minister Siemoniak, we believe – besides in the acceptance of Prime Minister Donald Tusk – that it is worth spending quite a few time and energy to analyse the various mechanisms and ways by which civilian society organisations, activists, activists, were subjected to all kinds of force 2015-2023 – Bodnar said.
The main nonsubjective of the committee is to address issues related to, among others, Freedom of assembly or freedom of speech. The head of MS reported that the committee is so to deal with public media activities and various restrictions in the context of organising and holding legal meetings or to consider "various surveillance mechanismsthat have been applied to civilian society."
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They will follow up on the mechanisms of repression against citizens. "This is not a committee of inquiry"
The Commission is besides to analyse the application of legal action – civilian actions, disciplinary proceedings or penalties – to civilian society.
– We hope that the committee members will lead to preparations comprehensive documentation and – above all – recommendations to the Polish authorities to prevent specified cases from taking place in the future," Bodnar said.
– I'd like to stress that There is no committee of inquiry (...) This is simply a committee which is to act on the basis of the collection of documentation, discussions with NGOs, social organizations, activists and activists, cooperation with another authorities, which I presume (...) will supply appropriate information and will prepare reports on the basis of all this information," said the MS chief.
Article 44 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Bodnar: I have ordered expertise from external experts
Bodnar was besides asked if he was chance to apply 44th article of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, which says that the statute of limitations runs only erstwhile circumstances which do not let the justice strategy to be carried out cease to exist. It was recalled that women's protests began in 2020, and it will be 5 years and many crimes It could be a statute of limitations.
– After the study of 14 January this year, I asked prosecutors to order expert advice from external experts – as far as the application of Article 44. The Constitution of the Republic of Poland of this provision may affect the question of criminal or disciplinary liability of prosecutors who, for various reasons, did not prosecute certain cases in an appropriate manner," said the MS chief.
“ The prosecution can’t just say that she doesn’t care, ” he said. limitation‘. – I do not assume, I do not want to prejudge, but possibly – 1 of the results of the work of this committee suggestions for the application of Article 44. Constitution. Suggestions for the full apparatus of power," Bodnar said.
The MS chief added that “it must be a circumstantial prosecutor, a circumstantial court, who with specified an explanation of Article 44. The Constitution will agree and will not then apply the statutory regulation on the limitation of the criminality of certain disciplinary or criminal acts."
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Bodnar besides indicated Composition of the team; it will include: Cardinal from the Jagiellonian University prof. Mikołaj Małacki, activist Klementyna Suchanow, King Dagmara Siadlak from the Association of Defensor Iuris, activist of “Solidarity” and writer Andrzej Krajewski, as well as social scientist Prof. Tomasz Grzyb or civilian rights expert Magdalena Dropek.
Head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs Tomasz Siemoniak stressed at the Monday conference that the committee was not to repress officers, people who worked in private positions.
– He's expected to take care of these politicians., who have made the method of their operation out of abuse of power, the usage of various instruments, the usage of services, public media.
Setting up a repressive committee. Siemoniak on the surveillance of Pegasus citizens
Siemoniak noted that prosecutors under the supervision of the lawyer General effectively and consistently account for persons suspected of irregularities during erstwhile governments.
“On the another hand, together with the minister (justice – ed.), with the acceptance of the Prime Minister we saw a large request to deal with matters (...) abuse of power to the persecution of citizens,” he added.
– It is about the answer to the question of how it could have happened and who decided that democratic activists they were under surveillance utilizing the Pegasus system. As it was possible that surveillance material, partially prepared, was transmitted by the heads of peculiar services or politicians to the public TVP in order to hit certain people," he noted.
Commission to analyse abuse of power in erstwhile governments is expected to run 1 year and will present at that time 3 sub-reports and a final study to be drawn up by 31 March next year. First sub-report on public media will arise by 15 July said head of MS Adam Bodnar.
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