"Fighting with hatred speech is not 'ideology'. This is an effort to deal with 1 of the most serious problems of social life in Poland" - said Adam Bodnar. In this way, the minister commented on the president's decision to mention the alleged hatred speech to the TK in a preventive control procedure. The head of the justice department declared that he would not resign from the project.
"Fighting with hatred speech is not 'ideology'. This is an effort to deal with 1 of the most serious problems of social life in Poland. Everyone sees this - hatred speech poisons public debate, human relations, social relations. It is increasingly a origin of violence, contempt and human harm - he wrote on Friday on social media Adam Bodnar.
At the same time, the Minister of Justice and the lawyer General noted that "the fight against the speech of hatred is not contrary to the Polish constitution", but rather the contrary.
"The protection of the weaker and excluded is 1 of the pillars of our Basic Law. This is besides 1 of the fundamental values of Europe" - he stressed.
Bodnar: He refused to sign a bill to defend us all
In Bodnar's opinion, president Duda's decision to referral to the Constitutional Court of the alleged hatred speech bill He's no surprise.
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"That's a shame. He refused to sign a bill to defend all of us, and most of all those who are the object of hatred and hatred attacks today" - said the erstwhile ombudsman.
He besides assured that the task does not intend to resign and "will stand by the citizens affected by hatred speech and its serious consequences".
"What will hold is not escape" - he finished.
Paprocka explains the president's move. "Does our government truly believe that?"
On Thursday, the President's Chancellery informed that Andrzej Duda had sent a bill to the Constitutional Tribunal dated 6 March 2025 to amend the Act Penal Code, which is the alleged hatred speech bill.
The decision was discussed in the Thursday edition of "Guest of Events" by the chief of the law firm of president Margaret Paprock.
- I'm sorry. It's a bad bill, with very serious doubts. As for constitutional compliance, she said, explaining that the president "had no choice."
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According to Paprocka, the arguments that the speech of hatred towards LGBT people, people with disabilities or women "is not a problem for the Presidential Palace" are wrong.
- I'm sorry. On the contrary, You're the president who wants to aid people with disabilities. - stressed, for example, the proposal for a law on assistance for persons with disabilities.
- I'm sorry. Does our government truly believe that disability problems will solve the revision of the Criminal Code? It's a joke. - added.
In Paprock's opinion, the laws are "undefined". "This bill is formulated in specified a way that any message can be classified as a violation of the penal code and consequently punished," she stressed.
