Legal opinion on the motion to convene a sitting of the Committee of Inquiry to give the Minister Coordinator of Special Services a hearing on the subject of circumstances a refusal to issue a security permit to one of the current members of the Comm Cover Image

Opinia prawna na temat wniosku o zwołanie posiedzenia Komisji Śledczej w celu wysłuchania informacji ministra koordynatora służb specjalnych na temat okoliczności odmowy wydania poświadczenia bezpieczeństwa jednemu z dotychczasowych członków Komisji
Legal opinion on the motion to convene a sitting of the Committee of Inquiry to give the Minister Coordinator of Special Services a hearing on the subject of circumstances a refusal to issue a security permit to one of the current members of the Comm

Author(s): Wojciech Odrowąż-Sypniewski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: application; committee of inquiry; National Security Agency

Summary/Abstract: The opinion concerns the motion to convene a sitting of a Committeeof Inquiry to Investigate the Correctness and Legality of Actions of Public Authoritiesand Institutions with regard to Entities Forming the Amber Gold Group. The scopeof the Committee’s activity would include a clarification of circumstances of resignationfrom membership of the Committee by a member who has not been granted bythe National Security Agency (ABW) a security permit, being a necessary conditionof access to classified information. The author shows that the subject of the motionexceeds the scope of Committee’s competencies. Moreover, one should not excludethat possible irregularities in actions of the ABW occurred in an extent which is insufficientto initiate parliamentary oversight procedures, i.e. to convening a sitting of theCommittee of Inquiry. Besides the motion should not been accepted due to the factthat is does not meet the requirements provided by Article. 152. paragraph 2 of theStanding Orders.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 61-67
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish
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