Women’s strike. Woś: up to eight years in prison for organizing protests

• There cannot be any tolerance for lawlessness. Similar guidelines were issued by the minister of interior and administration in relation to the police – said the politician
• He also referred to the issue of protesters disrupting masses in churches; assessed it as “breaking the Criminal Code”
• Woś announced that any case of disturbing the mass “will be severely treated, indictments will be sent to the courts”
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– In a state of law, there can be no consent to breaking the law, therefore the prosecutor general Zbigniew Ziobro issued clear guidelines – said Michał Woś, Deputy Minister of Justice and a politician of Solidarity Poland on Friday evening on Radio Maryja.

– All prosecutors in Poland are to treat the organizers of illegal gatherings as criminals. Charges will be made. They will be threatened with up to eight years in prison due to the risk of loss of life or health, because the situation with the epidemic is serious. All the efforts of the state are directed to maintaining the efficiency of the health service so that everyone who needs it is not left to fend for itself. (…) There can be no tolerance of lawlessness. Similar guidelines were issued by the minister of interior and administration in relation to the police – said the politician.

He also referred to the issue of protesters disrupting masses in churches; he judged it to be “a breach of the Criminal Code”.

– The Penal Code has not been passed by the United Right, conservative politicians. It was enacted at a time when the prime minister was (Włodzimierz) Cimoszewicz, when the Democratic Left Alliance was ruling. The left ruled then. The Penal Code was adopted, in which it was explicitly indicated that a fine, restriction of freedom, and even deprivation of it is threatened if someone maliciously interferes with the exercise of religious worship, regardless of the rite – emphasized the Deputy Minister of Justice.

He said that “the furious attack is aimed at the churches.” – It cannot be agreed that our Christian heritage should be attacked in such a way – assessed Woś. – You can disagree with the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal, conduct various discussions, but you must not break the law – he added.

Woś announced that any case of disturbing the mass “will be treated severely, indictments will be brought to the courts”. – Each case is individual. The prosecutor’s office conducts the proceedings in such a way that they later defend themselves in court. The evidence must be strong, the file must be unambiguous. It is one thing to make accusations, and another to defend them. Prosecutors know how to act. The prosecutor’s office works unequivocally – argued the politician.

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