(ANSA) - WARSAW, FEB 6 - Poland's president Andrzej Duda announced that he has decided to sign the Shoah law and to send it to the Constitutional Court to analyze whether it complies with the constitution.

According to the Polish legal system, the head of state, when facing regulations that raise doubts around constitutionality, has two possibilities: he can choose whether to sign before, or after the verdict of the High Court. As for the Shoah law, Duda decided to sign and then ask for the opinion of constitutionality: which means that the law will come into force, and only the Constitutional Court can suspend it, if they deem it not compliant with the Constitution. Duda underlined his sensitivity to the suffering of Jews during the war, but in the meantime he rejected every ''institutional'' responsibility of the Polish state for the Shoah. ''I do not want the Holocaust survivors to doubt they can give their testimony, but I would also like the Poles not to be accused of participating in the Holocaust'' he said, explaining his decision. Poland's president also revealed that he had talked about the contents of the new law a year ago with the Israelis, during his visit to Israel. (ANSA).

Israel, taken note of the postponement Shoah law to Court

(ANSAmed) - TEL AVIV, FEB 6 - After today's decision by Andrzej Duda, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Israel "took note that the Polish President submitted the law to the Constitutional Court for clarifications and amendments". "We hope that in a determined time until the Court concludes its deliberations, we will succeed in finding an agreement - he added - on the changes and corrections". Israel and Poland "have a common responsibility to investigate and preserve the history of the Holocaust".