I can say that Russian influence is absolutely gigantic, also in the European Union and – God forbid – also in the United States, Education and Science Minister Przemysław Czarnek told PAP.PL.
On Monday, President Andrzej Duda announced that he had decided to sign the law establishing a commission to investigate Russian influence on the internal security of the Republic of Poland in 2007-2022 and that it would be subject to follow-up proceedings.
Minister Czarnek assured that the appointment of the commission was only to explain the Russian influence on the security of the Polish state. In his view, this is crucial from the point of view of democracy and the rule of law in Poland.
After hysteria based on lies, I conclude that the Russian influence is downright gigantic, also in the European Union and – God forbid – also in the United States
he noticed. He pointed out that since 2007 the question of examining Russian influence on Polish security has been an internal matter for Poland.
Why does the European Commission interfere when there is a debate in the European Parliament on the second day? Only and exclusively because the Russian influence is great there
– added.
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Referring to the US government’s concerns about possible abuses by the Russian Influence Investigation Commission, Secretary Czarnek expressed hope that the matter would be clarified.
I hope our American friends now understand that they base their fears on the lies they hear and have not verified their statements
he noted.
On April 14, the Sejm passed the law establishing a commission to investigate Russian influence. They started setting it up in December last year. PiS Delegates. They pointed out that the commission will operate on principles similar to those of the verification commission for the re-privatization of Warsaw.
May 11 this year The Senate passed a resolution to reject the bill on the establishment of this committee. On Friday, the Sejm voted against the Senate resolution.
The committee would analyze official activities, create, duplicate, share information with third parties; influencing the content of board decisions; making harmful decisions; making advance directives on behalf of a government agency or company; entering into contracts or disposing of public or corporate funds.
Decisions that may be taken by the committee include: revoking an administrative decision issued as a result of Russian influence, issuing a ban on performing functions related to having public funds for a maximum period of 10 years, and the revocation and prohibition of the security clearance for 10 years.
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Source: wPolityce