Let us all take care of Poland. president Andrzej Duda appealed for a truly democratic Poland, for a law-abiding Poland, for a fair Poland, in a speech at the Castle Square in Warsaw. It was there that state celebrations commemorating the 234th anniversary of the Constitution's adoption on 3 May were held.
The celebrations began a fewer minutes after 12:00. They were attended by the presidential couple, representatives of the government, parliament, Polish Army and uniformed services, clergy, residents of Warsaw and tourists. The first chord of the celebrations became a review by Andrzej Duda of the company of honorary types of armed forces, an honor salute consisting of 21 cannon shots, yet reading the preamble of the Constitution on 3 May. Then the president spoke.
Andrzej Duda started his speech with the memory of the baptism of the state, which introduced Poland into the ellipse of Western civilization, and thus allowed it to permanently appear on the map of Europe. Since the mediate Ages, he has smoothly moved to the Constitution on 3 May, whose enactment has become a dramatic effort to rescue a failing country. – For those times it was an incredible achievement. Many countries followed our solutions later," stressed the President. And although the First Republic yet failed to save, the constitution itself proved to be a model for Poles, which in a sense helped to reconstruct the country. We're inactive building on that myth. We have built and perpetuated our democratic state as 1 of the most modern European countries. Full of ambition and pride of all the victories that she achieved – due to the fact that she is on the map, she exists due to the fact that she is simply a sovereign state, independent, due to the fact that she is our country. And that must stay the President's point.
The fresh president's hard mission
The president besides referred to the upcoming presidential election. – The most crucial thing is that they run in a fair way, that their consequence is nonsubjective and true. So that they could be easy recognized – he said, at the same time calling on Poles to go to the polls, so that advanced attendance would give the recently elected president the strongest social mandate possible. due to the fact that in front of him, as Duda looked like, immense challenges. The president will be the head of the armed forces. He will take on the large work of strengthening our security," he stressed. This includes cooperation with the government and a number of another institutions, supporting wise reforms and holding back ideas that could prove harmful to Poland. Here, for example, cooperation on immense purchases for the military remains a key issue. “Because nobody liable is protesting present that we spend almost 5 percent of GDP on defence,” said Duda. – We gotta do this for a very simple, somewhat paradoxical reason, so that we do not gotta actively defend the Republic and usage all the weapons we equip our soldiers with. due to the fact that as the old maxim says: you want peace, prepare for war," he added. On the another hand, the president recalled his initiative, which would lead to compulsory defence spending of at least 4 percent in the Constitution. “This issue is fundamental,” said Duda.
At Castle Square, the president besides emphasized the importance of alliances, especially Polish-American cooperation. - We hear you gotta closer alliances European. You have to. Let us work with our allies, cut supply chains, produce as many weapons as possible within the European part of NATO," he said. – But for our safety [the future president] must first of all strengthen the Euro-Atlantic, Polish-Atlantic ties. He has to build an alliance with the U.S.. As I did, no substance what the name of the president of the United States was, and whose organization was a candidate. From the Polish point of view, this is not the least crucial – he argued.
Duda besides addressed straight the Deputy Prime Minister and national defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. A fresh pretext Badger Infantry Truckproduced by the Steel Wola Huta. First copies of this vehicle MON contracted in late March. Let's build our own weapons, too. I ask that Badger be truly powerfully supported and become not only an crucial equipment of the Polish army, but besides our export hit. The Polish manufacture must be powerfully supported. Do it with all your strength," he stressed.
Freedom and modernity
The head of the MON besides took part in ceremonies in Castle Square. In the morning on the X portal, he posted an entry about the celebrations. "On the anniversary of the Constitution's adoption on May 3, we celebrate 1 of the most crucial events in the past of the Republic. Europe's first fresh basic law was a testament to our quest for freedom, to the construction of a modern state. The memory of her and her ideals was alive and worshipped by Poles even in the most hard times. It remains an crucial foundation of our national identity," the head of the MON noted.
Before the main ceremonies Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz laid flowers at the monument of Vincent Witos, pre-war prime minister and 1 of the creators of the folk movement. He besides called on the head of Parliament's Committee on Education and discipline Krystyna Szumilas to complete the work as shortly as possible with the Patriotic Education Act.
The feast of the Constitution on 3 May commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the first fundamental law in Polish history. This occurred in 1791, while the threat of neighbouring powers and an expanding systemic crisis threatened Polish independence. The paper was the first constitution on the European continent and the second in the planet – after American.
