They protested at the palace. The president invited them to each other – Cable Republic

At noon in front of the Presidential Palace began initiated by Amnesty International 12-hour protest against the amendment of the Police Act and laws relating to the powers of the special services. According to the opponents of these acts, they enter a very private life of citizens. Unexpectedly protesters invited the president Andrzej Duda.
 
                 

Andrzej Duda signed on February 3rd novella of the Police Act, which regulates the principles of surveillance and the activities of secret services. The law will come into force next Sunday, February 7.

prepared by PiS deputies amendment, which the Senate without amendments adopted on January 29, is to adapt the legal system to the Tribunal’s judgment of 30 July 2014. The Court held, that the unconstitutional are some legal basis for operational control, as well as the lack of independent control of retrievals of telecommunications services, lack of principles destruction of wiretaps of public trust, eg. lawyers and journalists and the lack of obligation to destroy collected data useless.

TK also ordered determine the maximum duration of operational activities to the entity that a reasonable time after their completion should be informed about them. The amendment clarifies the rules for operational control of the uniformed services, ie police, fiscal control authorities, the Border Guard, Military Police, Internal Security Agency, Intelligence Agency, Military Counterintelligence Service, the Military Intelligence Service, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Customs Service. READ MORE

Against the decision of the President organized a 12-hour protest at the Presidential Palace. 12 hours a reference to Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which refers to the prohibition of interference in private life. The event initiated by Amnesty International, together with the organization Action and Democracy Foundation Panoptykon.

Unexpectedly protesters invited to the Presidential Palace Andrzej Duda. The meeting with the president attended Draginja Nadażdin, director of Amnesty International, Aleksandra Zielinska, coordinator of the campaign AI and Wojciech Klicki Foundation Panoptykon. From the Chancellery were also present Minister Margaret Sadurska, head of the Polish Communist Party and the director of the Press Office Marek Magierowski.

He said TV Czech president’s spokesman Marek Magierowski, the Presidential Palace were invited representatives of Amnesty International and the Foundation Panoptykon. He added that the conversation lasted about 20-30 minutes and was held in a good atmosphere.

– The President explained why he signed the bill, spoke about the security of the state. If he did not, it would compromised safety (…) heard the claim had to weigh the right. As in every country there is a debate about the rule a balance between national security and privacy of citizens – said Magierowski. READ MORE