On Friday, the Polish parliament rejected the presidential bill on aid to Ukrainian citizens. 244 Members voted against, 198 voted against and 3 abstained.
The task by president Andrzej Duda assumed the extension of the Ukrainians' legal residence in Poland and the introduction of stricter penalties for illegal crossing the border. According to the proposal, for organizing illegal crossings would endanger 2 to 12 years in prison.
A controversial component of the task was the introduction of penalties to 3 years in prison for promoting Nazi, Communist, fascist ideology and "ideology of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the faction of Bandera and the Ukrainian Insurgency Army". The presidential proposal besides proposed to extend from 3 to 10 years the minimum period of continuous stay in Poland required for designation of citizenship.
Parallel projects
The rejection of the presidential task took place in the context of earlier legislative actions. At the end of August, president Karol Nawrocki vetoed an amendment to the Act on Assistance to Ukrainian Citizens. The government has prepared its own task on household benefits for foreigners, which has already entered into force.
The presidential proposal besides included provisions requiring the Institute of National Memory to paper the crimes of Ukrainian nationalist organizations between 8 November 1917 and 31 July 1990.
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