President issues regulation on the state of emergency near the border with Belarus

President Andrzej Duda, at the request of the Council of Ministers, issued an ordinance on the introduction of a 30-day state of emergency in part of the Podlaskie and Lubelskie voivodships, the President's Chancellery informed. The state of emergency is to apply to a 3 km border zone in 115 towns of the Podlaskie Voivodeship and 68 towns of the Lubelskie Voivodeship.

"The decision to introduce a state of emergency was made in connection with a particular threat to the security of citizens and public order, related to the current situation on the state border between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Belarus," the release reads. 

Mass gatherings and events cannot be held in the border zone, there is also a ban on photographing and recording, and restriction of access to public information on activities carried out in the area covered by the state of emergency.

As Mariusz Kamiński, Minister of the Interior and Administration, informed, the regulation on the introduction of a state of emergency was also issued in Lithuania (applies to the entire territory of the country) and Latvia (applies to the border zone). As Kamiński assured, all activities were agreed upon with the partners.

It was also stated that talks are underway on possible compensation for losses, mainly for tourist enterprises in the area due to the restrictions introduced by the state of emergency.

(ISBnews)