Raś scandal exposes Poland's chronic lack of legislative transparency

Commentator Krzysztof Izdebski argues that the scandal surrounding Minister Ireneusz Raś is less important than the deeper question it raises: more than 20 years after the Rywin affair, the backstage of Polish lawmaking is still exposed primarily by journalists rather than transparent state procedures. The real issue, he writes, is a systemic absence of clear rules governing how laws are made.