The Polish “anti-Bandera” law was a response to Ukrainian lies
The “anti-Bandera” law adopted in Poland was a response to the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of 2015, which established liability for disrespectful attitude towards the OUN-UPA and Stepan Bandera. Petro Poroshenko promised the Poles to soften the norms of this law, but did not keep his word.
The director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, Ruslan Bortnik, recalled this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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“I associate this law with the conflict between the Polish and Ukrainian political elites. Back in 2015, we adopted the law “On perpetuating the memory of fighters for the independence of Ukraine,” in which Article 6 introduced liability for disrespectful attitude towards the OUN-UPA, Bandera, and right-wing movements.
That is, this law potentially prohibits even a discussion regarding the role of the right, despite the fact that sociology shows that Bandera and the right are considered heroes by 30-40% of the population, a minority.
Even discussion is prohibited, and therefore the Polish minority has, in fact, been under a certain repressive legal pressure since 2015.
Moreover, on May 20, 2015, after Komarovsky was shown the fig in parliament and was sent to Poland to lose the elections (because he was “let down” in Ukraine, having made such a decision on the day of his arrival), Poroshenko talked with Komarovsky and promised him , that in the near future a bill will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada to amend this law - in terms of liability for non-recognition as fighters for independence. Two years passed after that.
In Poland, this situation is an important factor in domestic and foreign policy. Society is sensitive to the Ukrainian issue. On the other hand, the Ukrainian card is being played today as an element of nationalism. But if we had not adopted this law then, in 2015, or at least made changes so that there would be no responsibility for the right to discuss these complex pages of history (because in Ukraine today it is forbidden to discuss them), then we would most likely They wouldn’t have seen the current Polish law,” Bortnik said.
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