Parliamentary Speaker Ludwik Dorn has presented the preliminary version of the amendment to the vetting law. Apart from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), all parliamentary clubs have already been consulted.
The project suggests that practically any journalist or scientist will have access to the files stored in the Institute of national Remembrance (IPN).
Still there are some conditions to fulfil: those trying to read the documents can not be former secret services collaborators, they need an authorization from editorial office, publisher or individual research worker.
Some parts of the archive will not be opened.
“The final project should be ready next week” the Speaker assures. However, Ludwik Dorn added that the project will not be put on the agenda of Thursday’s parliamentary session as was announced earlier.
The regulation will for example allow historians and journalists to access IPN’s archives. The project foresees many conditions for them to meet before receiving a permission to read the files. However, the exact rules are not precise yet. If IPN denies the access, one will be able to complain about the decision in the Administration Court.
Ludwik Dorn also said that Parliament will be dealing with the issue next week and that the final version of the amendment will be announced only after taking into account opinions of other parliamentary parties.
The Speaker did not send the project to the ex-communist SLD, however. He reminded that the members of this party failed to appear at the consultation meeting concerning the vetting law, which was organized by President Lech Kaczyński.
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