MSWiA wants to ban carrying weapons in Warsaw on Independence Day

The Ministry of Interior and Administration (MSWiA) has prepared a draft law on the temporary ban on carrying weapons in Warsaw on November 11. The Ministry justifies this move with the need to ensure security for the participants of state ceremonies and public gatherings on Poland’s Independence Day.

At the end of October, the director of the Warsaw Bureau for Security and Crisis Management (BBiZK) Ewa Gawor informed that Warsaw City Hall had already received several notifications about marches planned for November 11. In addition to the annual gathering held under the name of Independence March, several smaller marches were reported.

“There is the Independence March gathering and several smaller ones. There is the Independence Run. A lot will happen,” Gawor said.

(PAP)