Aides to Poland's President Andrzej Duda said Saturday that his experts have begun analyzing a highly contentious law on Russia's alleged influence in Poland, ahead of his decision on whether to sign it.
Parliament on Friday approved the law, proposed by the right-wing ruling party, that is seen as targeting the opposition. It may affect the outcome of fall parliamentary elections in which the ruling Law and Justice party is seeking a third term.
He was apparently referring to the war that neighboring Ukraine is fighting against Russia which has long been considered a security threat in the region. Warsaw’s military and political support for Kyiv has drawn angry reactions from Moscow.However, another aide, Pawel Szrot, said that Duda believes that “the more there is transparency in public life, the more explanations are offered on controversial matters, the better.
Duda won the 2015 presidential election as a Law and Justice candidate, and throughout his first five-year term his decisions were in line with the ruling party’s policies. Recently, though, he has questioned some legislation proposed by the party and directed some draft bills to the Constitutional Tribunal or vetoed them, as in the case of the 2021 media ownership law.
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