Result of the vote in the Sejm. Parliament – by resolution – established, “July 11 National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Genocide committed by the Ukrainian nationalists on the citizens of the Second Republic.” Photo: PAP / Tomasz Gzell
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Voting ws resolution had to be held on Friday, after when the room is no objection to the adoption of the resolution by acclamation. Favor of the resolution voted 432 deputies, no one was against and 10 abstentions in the vote (3 PO deputies – Janusz Cichon, Marcin Święcicki and Marian Zembala and 7 Members of Modern – Ewa Lieder, Catherine Lubnauer, Jerzy Meysztowicz, Krzysztof Mieszkowski, Monica Rosa Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus and Adam Szłapka).
the content of the resolution
parliament – under the resolution – sets July 11 as the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Genocide committed by the Ukrainian nationalists on citizens of the second Republic. Parliament gives it a tribute to “all citizens of the Second Republic brutally murdered by Ukrainian nationalists.”
In the resolution the Parliament recalls that in July 2016 marks the 73 anniversary of the peak of the crimes that have made civilians branches of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), and the Division of the SS Galicia and other Ukrainian formations cooperating with Germany.
“as a result, committed during the 1943-1945 genocide were murdered over a hundred thousand citizens of the second Republic, mainly peasants. Their exact number is still not known, and many of them still did not live up a dignified burial and commemoration “- reads the resolution.
Members recalled that among the victims, in addition to Poles, were also Jews, Armenians, Czechs, representatives of other minorities, as well as Ukrainians, who stood on the side of the victims.
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“Victims of crimes committed in the 40s by Ukrainian nationalists so far not been duly commemorated and mass murders have not been named – according to historical truth – as genocide” – reads the resolution adopted by MEPs.
There is in it a fragment dot. reprisals, which the on Poles. “Recalling the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists can not pass over in silence or relativize Polish reprisals on the Ukrainian proposals as a result of which also disappeared civilians” – it is a fragment of the resolution.
“Polish Sejm expressed respect and gratitude to the Ukrainians, who are saving their lives saved Poles and urges the president to honor these people state awards.
The Parliament also recalls the attitude of a large part of the Ukrainian population, which refused to participate in attacks on Poles “- says the resolution.
the Parliament also calls on it to determine the crime scene and their marking, ensuring a dignified burial for all rediscovered the victims, giving due honor and respect innocent tormented and murdered, preparation of full lists of victims .
Parliament asks about “the continuation of the work of reconciliation and dialogue initiated by political leaders and clerics, promoting cooperation historians, including expanding access to state archives, the strengthening of cooperation between the authorities of the Republic and Ukraine in the most important for the future of both the nation’s affairs “.
In its resolution, Parliament expresses” solidarity with Ukraine struggling with external aggression to preserve territorial integrity. “
the Parliament has expressed the highest appreciation for Army soldiers, self-defense Kresowej, the Peasant Battalions, who took up the struggle in defense of the civilian population and called on the president to honor these people state awards.
in the parliamentary resolution also expressed the belief that “only the full truth of history is the best way to reconciliation and mutual forgiveness.”
Voices clubs party
the adoption of the resolution by acclamation appealed PiS MP Michael Dworczyk (PiS) and the Polish Peasant party leader Wladyslaw Kosiniak- Kamysz. With the voice of opposition to the hall Sejm Speaker Marek Kuchciński a vote. Earlier, Parliament adopted an amendment PSL clubs Kukiz’15 and to the resolution, which in the passage concerning the need to establish the crime scenes, deleted the term “fratricidal”.
Before the vote Mr Dworczyk argued that with the resolution, at least in part, will be “make up for lost, the last twenty years, during which the Polish State could not properly pay homage to the murdered Poles and citizens of other nationalities in Volyn and the Borderlands of South-East second Republic”.
As the Poles in the Borderlands fell the victim of the crime of genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists. “The perpetrators of this crime were not strangers, but neighbors who lived with us under the same sky for centuries” – said PiS.
Dworczyk added that Poland has the right and duty to speak about the consequences of historical policy which He is currently in Ukraine. He noted that the resolution is not aimed at the Ukrainian nation, but points to the murderers, people and organizations that were responsible for the genocide.
“This is not the Ukrainian people allowed for the crime, but tens of thousands of individuals working in the CNS UPA and the SS Galicia “- he stressed.
” I do not about revenge, but about the memory of the victims cry out. ” This call finally reached the Polish Sejm. This is a historic moment, “- said Kosiniak- Kamysz.
” Do we want to lead to the balkanization Polish-Ukrainian relations? It is not we politicians should decide whether it is genocide, only the Court in The Hague. The bigger the word, the less important the tragedy “- he argued, in turn, Krzysztof Mieszkowski of Modern.
Wojciech Bakun with Kukiz’15 noted that the adoption of a resolution by the Parliament” a great day “. He stressed that the fighting in Volhynia “fratricidal struggles were not, but ordinary genocide”.
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