Presidential aide Zbigniew Bogucki has criticized the government coalition for delaying a bill that explicitly classifies the OUN-B and UPA atrocities as genocide, asserting that families of victims have waited years for justice. <\/p>\n
Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland, addressed the Sejm, criticizing a nine-month delay in processing the presidential bill. He attributed the stall to a lack of political will from the ruling coalition and the Speaker of the Sejm, describing the inaction as a disappointment to families of the Borderlands who are seeking the truth.<\/p>\n
Bogucki emphasized the necessity of calling events in Eastern Lesser Poland and Volhynia by their proper name: genocide. He argued that recognizing these actions is not an attack on Ukraine, but a necessary confrontation with historical war criminals.<\/p>\n
The proposed legislation amends the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance and the Penal Code to replace vague references to “Ukrainian nationalists” with specific naming conventions. It explicitly identifies the OUN-B and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army as the perpetrators of crimes against Polish citizens during World War II.<\/p>\n
A new provision, Article 2a, establishes a clear definition for “Banderite crimes.” These are classified as the genocide committed on the territory of the Second Polish Republic between 1943 and 1945, alongside other acts of violence, terror, or human rights violations against Poles and Polish citizens of other nationalities.<\/p>\n
The bill seeks to amend Article 256 of the Penal Code, which currently criminalizes the public promotion of Nazi, Communist, or Fascist ideologies. The amendment adds the ideology of the OUN-B and UPA to this list.<\/p>\n
If enacted, this change would ensure that the public propagation of these specific ideologies is subject to the same legal penalties as the promotion of Nazism or Communism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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