Poland adopts amended Kremlin influence law
Poland adopts amended Kremlin influence law
Polish opposition says the law could be used to target its leader Donald Tusk ahead of an upcoming election.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/999427
Archived version: https://archive.ph/bUcTB
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230803110321/https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-president-andrzej-duda-law-adoption-russia-influence/
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TL;DR?
The Polish Parliament has adopted a law that will create a commission to investigate Russian interference in Polish affairs over the last decade and a half. The law was toned down a bit, but the opposition is still concerned it could be used against them in upcoming elections.
Thanks. So surface level this sounds like a good thing, right?
I would think so. Means Poland is taking extra steps to weed itself of Russian influence. One step further in isolating themselves from Russian interference.
On a surface level, yes. The initial proposal (I'm not sure how the final version looks like) gave the commission an ability to ban someone from participating in politics without a trial or evidence.
Done by the current government, this will be a giant smear campaign against the opposition.