The commission last year issued a report recommending that Donald Tusk not be allowed to hold public office.
The commission last year issued a report recommending that Donald Tusk not be allowed to hold public office.
NGOs have protested against the legislation, which they say gives officers a “licence to kill”.
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There remains uncertainty over whether the president will give the ruling party or opposition the first opportunity to form a government.
The prime minister pledged to veto the plans, though commentators have pointed out that no such possibility exists.
Andrzej Duda called on the Polish diaspora to continue supporting Poland but also faced a protest from one group of Polish Americans.
The museum has 44,000 m2 of floorspace over six levels and was built at a cost of 750 million zloty (€162 million).
The Ulma family “represented a ray of light in the darkness of the Second World War”, said Pope Francis.
The holiday honours Polish children who suffered under German and Soviet occupation during World War II.
Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas crashed in what is now Poland just 650 km short of their destination.
During the Volhynia massacres, Ukrainian nationalists murdered up to 100,000 ethnic Poles.
The ruling party chairman becomes deputy prime minister, a position that he resigned from just one year ago.
Aleks Szczerbiak
Both the ruling party and main opposition think they could benefit.
His U-turn follows concern from the US and EU that the commission could be used for political purposes against the opposition.
The opposition says the body, which can ban people from public office for ten years, will be used against them ahead of this year’s elections.