The Sejm adopted a law repealing the law on the State Commission for the Study of Russian Influence on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland in the Years 2007-2022. 259 deputies voted in favor, 184 against, and no one abstained.
The commission was established last year during the PiS government. The act on this matter was quickly colloquially called “lex Tusk”, because its justification stated that “Donald Tusk's government in the years 2007-2014 (…) implemented a policy of reset in relations with Russia”, which could indicate who the commission would primarily deal with.
At the end of November 2023 the new parliament dismissed all its members.
Controversy related to the commission's activities
In November, after elections and during the current term of the Sejm, and before the appointment of the KO government, the committee presented a “partial report” and recommended Donald TuskJacek Cichocki, Bogdan Klich, To Tomasz Siemoniak and To Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz not to be entrusted with public positions related to state security, due to the fact that in 2010-2014 the Russian Federal Security Service was considered a partner service.
On the day of the report's presentation, the Sejm dismissed the commission's members, which suspended its activities. In May of this year, a decree by Prime Minister Tusk established a new commission to investigate Russian and Belarusian influences in the years 2004-2024. It was headed by the head of the SKW, Gen. Jarosław Stróżyk.
In June, the first reading of the draft Poland 2050 act, which abolished the PiS-era commission, took place. PiS MPs They then announced the establishment of a team to investigate Russian influence.
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