In Brief: Understanding without Barriers; Matura amnesty; Vetting Act

Last Thursday police officers appeared in the foundation's office and seized over 30,000 pages of documents. Kwaśniewska claims the groundless case is politically motivated.  (Gazeta Wyborcza, July 15-16, p.5, Dziennik, p. 13) ... The Education Minister announced  that those students who failed the Matura exam on one subject but acquired the required average will be awarded a diploma. Until now every student had to get 30% from each subject, but the Minister proposed that this 30% should concern the average from all the subjects combined. Thanks to this decision an extra 40,000 students have passed the exam. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1)  ... On Friday a Sejm Special Commission ended works on the vetting bill. So far, every person that applied for a public post had to make a statement on whether they co-operated with the communist security service. The statements were verified by the Ombudsman. According to the bill those applying for public posts will not  have to make such statements, but they will have to get a certificate from IPN stating what is in the documents of communist security services about them. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5)