Andrzej Duda addressed the Constitutional Tribunal in the preventive control mode of the revision of the Criminal Code adopted by the Sejm on 6 March, which extended the catalogue of hatred crimes by 4 fresh conditions: age, gender, disability and sexual orientation. According to the President's law firm's message of reasons for the TK, According to Duda, there are doubts as to whether the law is in line with the constitutional rule of legal clarity.
"Sad buckle of the presidency"
— I don't realize the president. This bill was short, that's what, 1 A4 card. No muzzle, no censorship, no specified thing. The signature would be adequate to defend quite a few people, and so we have a very sad buckle of this presidency," says Onet, Janoslaw Jagura, who piloted the hatred crimes bill from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.
The expert recalls that the first word of office of Andrzej Duda began with the vetoing of the sex knowing Act in 2015, as the PiS MPs insisted. It'll be remembered for a long time. Undoubtedly, it is sad that the president was incapable to emergence above organization issues, and as a guardian of the Constitution, in which the prohibition of discrimination is enshrined, he should sign this bill without hesitation," he points out.
"Soulless political calculation"
— There is so much talk about the safety of our citizens, and after all, the head of state should care that this safety besides guarantee those who are persecuted, who endure from crimes and hatred speech. Here the action of Andrzej Duda seems like heartless – says Jangura.
— Or hard and heartlessly politically calculated. Because, to put it plainly, the investigation shows that The erstwhile presidential run dominated LGBT issues that narration as a de facto homophobic hatred speech was ubiquitous. It was utilized by right-wing Members, including the current President. And if the bill came into force, any of those and akin statements could be punished, it would be illegal. I hope that the president did not mean that politicians, mainly right-wing politicians, could unpunishedly sow hatred in the campaign," the expert points out.
— The saddest part is that we are seriously threatened from outside today. We should so guarantee and guarantee peace and peace and respect for human rights in our own backyard," says Jangura. “A fresh law would contribute greatly to civilising discourse, but... Andrzej Duda, unfortunately, did not surprise the affirmative – he concludes.
