Spanish newspaper El País publishes today a two-pages report about the new law of the Kaczynski brothers ruling in Poland. Is by far the largest coverage I have seen in spanish press about Poland in a very long time. Only El Mundo published a long interview with current polish president last october.
The law is part of a push by Poland's president and prime minister, former Solidarity activists Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who are identical twins, to purge from public life those who collaborated with the communist intelligence agencies. The rule takes effect today Thursday 15th requiring as many as 700,000 people in public positions including journalists and teachers , to be screened for Soviet-era collaboration.
Public sector workers caught lying would be banned from office for 10 years, while in the private sector, employers would decide but they have the right to do what they want with the traitor. Critics warn that the law threatens to implicate the innocent given that the secret police files that courts rely on to pass judgment sometimes contain incomplete or ambiguous information, even lies fabricated by agents to win points with superiors.
The law has already stirred much controversy among various political and professional quarters in Poland. Some people are calling for civil disobedience.
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