Patriots are unconscious

The Senate of Poland on Thursday night adopted a new law on the Institute of National Memory, introducing, among other things, the norm on criminal liability for the denial of the "crimes of Ukrainian nationalists" against the Poles. It is reported by Ukrinform.

In support of the bill, 57 senators voted, mainly members of the ruling party "Law and Justice", 23 members of the upper house from the opposition forces opposed; 2 abstained.

On January 26, the bill was adopted by the Sejm - the lower house of the parliament. Now the document must be signed by the President of the country, Andrzej Duda.

The new law significantly expands the powers of the Institute of National Memory of Poland in terms of the investigation of "crimes committed against the Polish people and their good name." In addition to the denial of the "crimes of Ukrainian nationalists", it is also forbidden to promote the ideology of Ukrainian nationalism. For this, the law provides for up to three years in prison.

The document also prohibits the name of the Nazi concentration camps operating on the territory of Poland, by the Polish death camps. On January 27, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized this norm and instructed the country's ambassador in Warsaw to declare a protest to the Polish Prime Minister Mateusha Moravesky.

Concerned by the new law was expressed by the United States.

During the discussion in the Senate, the prospect of deteriorating relations with the United States and Israel was one of the arguments of the opponents of the bill. In addition, the opposition senators indicated that the new law actually introduces censorship in Poland, prohibiting discussions about the fault of the Poles in the crimes of the Second World War.