The meetings of the SKON, together with the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, dominated the discussion on 2 subjects: the right of accused soldiers to a public defender and the nature of the work of soldiers and officers if they were accused. Were soldiers discriminated against by Polish law? announcement that the current Code of Criminal Procedure clearly indicates that: (Article 78) "The suspect who has no protector of his choice may request that he be appointed as an lawyer of his own motion if he reasonably demonstrates that he is incapable to bear the costs of the defence without prejudice to the essential maintenance of himself and his family." This provision is called the “law of the poor”. This embarrassing passage of the discussion concerns the issue of lawyers for detained soldiers, and is simply a punctuation of sensational media information that colleagues of detained Polish soldiers made a drop on lawyers. The fresh rules are intended to cover financial assistance for the provision of a lawyer, reimbursement of legal aid costs in the event of termination of proceedings. In addition, as reported by the media, the current detainee was halved in salary, so under the fresh regulations, the commander of the accused soldiers could hold the detained full salary. In the event of conviction, as in the case of another citizens, the court shall charge the sentenced costs.
