Poland to adopt anti-terrorism law

On March 24, Mariusz Błaszczak, the Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration, officially announced the adoption of a working version of the anti-terror act. "The bill will be presented to the government at the beginning of April, and I hope after the parliamentary debate the law will be adopted in May 2016," the minister confirmed. The bill gives many rights to the Internal Security Agency (ABW), which is the main actor in anti-terrorism policy in Poland. Also it will regulate cooperation between departments, clarifying the principle of the use of troops and weapons. The act permits the prohibition of assembly, when incorporated in the two highest levels of terrorist threat in the country. The project will also allow the arrest of suspected terrorists even for 14 days (with the permission of the court). "Such a law is necessary, since services must operate smoothly at the time of terrorist attacks," added Polish ex-Minister of Justice Marek Biernacki.