The lustration dispute in Poland

Konrad Schuller approves of the Warsaw constitutional court's decision but comments: "It won't solve the problem of the secret service files. Some of the files have 'disappeared', others are with the IPN [the Institute of National Remembrance]. Files keep 'appearing from nowhere'... Now there are calls to put an end to the 'wild lustration' by letting everyone read everything. Perhaps this step - provided information about people's private lives is adequately protected - is necessary if Poland wants to overcome the current epidemic of suspicion. But one thing must not be forgotten: the files are weapons. They served to discredit the democratic opposition and make it comply. They must never be allowed to serve the same purpose in a free society."

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