It is possible that the first meeting of the commission to investigate Russian influences will take place during this term of office of the Sejm. There is nothing to prevent the committee from starting its work, said the head of the parliamentary justice committee Marek Ast (PiS) in the PAP studio.
Meeting of the Russian Influence Commission
On August 30, at the last meeting scheduled for this term, the Sejm appointed nine members of the Committee on Russian Influence on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland in 2007-2022. They were all proposed by PiS, the opposition did not present their candidates and did not participate in the vote.
The members of the commission were appointed: Sławomir Cenckiewicz, Director of the Military History Bureau, Prof. Andrzej Zybertowicz, Chairman of the Security and Defense Council of the President of the Republic of Poland Prof. Przemysław Żurawski, aka Grajewski and Łukasz Cieszotura, Michał Wojnowski, Józef Brynkus, Marek Szymaniak, Arkadiusz Puławski and Andrzej Kowalski.
Marek Ast, who was asked in the PAP Studio on Tuesday whether the Committee for the Investigation of Russian Influences will begin its work in this Sejm’s term of office, replied that this could not be ruled out.
Nothing stops her from doing business
he stressed.
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Ast: ‘It will be a painstaking job’
As he noted, this can happen after the selection of the chairman of the committee.
The prime minister has 14 days from (date – PAP) the election of the committee members to designate his chairman. (…) Once there is a chairman, he will certainly immediately convene the first meeting
said Ast.
In the opinion of the politician, the effects of its activities can be expected after the new parliament is elected, regardless of whether the committee will start its work before the parliamentary elections.
Careful work will have to be done on the documents to which the committee will have access
he noticed.
I continue to emphasize that this committee also has the advantage of being unrelated to the term of office of the Sejm, i.e. it can act during this term, in the next or even in the next term of office of the Sejm, if there are matters that need to be resolved. be clarified
added the politician.
EC activities
Ast also referred to the European Commission’s critical position on the appointment of the commission. Brussels has threatened that if the committee to investigate Russian influence before the elections in Poland starts working, it will move to the next stage of the so-called infringement procedure.
The guest from the PAP Studio judged that the EC is “sticking its nose in its business”, acting contrary to the scope of its powers and applying the law of the stronger.
That is why the United Right government must win these elections and show that it has a mandate to govern
said Ast.
We are in constant dialogue, trying to convince the European Commission, individual Commissioners and the President of the European Commission of our arguments. Of course that is difficult, as most of the EC comes from the European People’s Party, of which the Civic Platform is also a member, but another victory for Law and Justice will provoke some reflection from the elites who rule Europe today.
he assessed.
May 31 In 2007, on the initiative of PiS, the law on the establishment of a commission to investigate Russian influence on the internal security of the Republic of Poland in the years 2007-2022 came into force, which the president signed a few days earlier and announced at the same time that it would be brought before the Constitutional Court. On June 2, Andrzej Duda submitted a draft amendment to this law to the Sejm. It passed on June 16, and on June 28, the delegates rejected the Senate’s objection to this amendment. The president signed the amendment on July 31. It came into force in August.
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Source: wPolityce