During the celebrations held on the occasion of the National Day of the 3rd May, the president spoke of the most crucial challenges facing the Republic today. Among them, safety and the request to build a strong army. We gotta do this. This is worth all price, due to the fact that all price is worth our independence," he said.
According to the tradition of celebrations on the occasion of the National Day of the 3rd May, the 233rd anniversary of the Constitution was held in Warsaw in Castle Square. In his speech, president Andrzej Duda recalled that on the erstwhile days of May we celebrated labour Day, 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union, Flag Day of the Republic of Poland, and Polish and Polish Day behind the Border. "It's a large patriotic-historical marathon showing where we're going, but above all, where we're going," he said.
The president pointed out that after 35 years of freedom, 25 years in NATO and 20 years in the European Union, Poland "our homeland looks better and better". As he said, this is due to “the wisdom of Polish politicians, the decisions that have been made over the last decades, but besides the regular work of Poles who build their homeland all day”. "But it was besides thanks to the erstwhile generations, starting with that which yet won in 1989, the peaceful revolution of 'Solidarity' which overturned the iron curtain, overturned the Berlin Wall, defeated communism and, as a result, the Soviets without 1 shot," he noted. He added that even though Poland is believed to be part of the political community of the West for 20 years, it always belonged to it. – Whether Poland was on the map, or sovereign or attempted to advance Russian mir here. This never worked due to the spirit of Poles, but besides due to the most profoundly rooted tradition – he emphasized.
Andrzej Duda pointed out that present Poland is free and sovereign, and these are values that must be defended at all costs. The most dangerous monster for us has been reborn. Russian imperialism, which repeatedly devoured us, and present tries to devour the Ukrainian people, their land, their country," he said. He thanked all those who support refugees from the war-torn country, thus giving Poland a beautiful testimony, as well as the Ukrainians themselves who live and work in the Republic today. "I believe that we will participate in the reconstruction of free sovereign Ukraine in the future," he said.
The president stressed that in the face of specified a hard situation, 1 must focus on building security, including by upgrading the Polish Army. I believe we're doing it on time this time. A Pole is wise before harm," he said. He pointed out that we must build a strong army that will be able to scare off any attacker and make this 1 dare not attack. “We must have an army that will not gotta defend itself,” he stressed. He thanked the soldiers, military staff, all those who supported them, as well as the head of the Ministry of Defence, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, for “settling and prudent cooperation, including a very crucial work.” He pointed out that it is essential for the Polish army to be a powerful army of the North Atlantic Alliance in the future. We gotta do this. This is worth all price, due to the fact that all price is worth our independency today," he stressed.
The president stressed that Poland "resisted on the coronavirus pandemic, which destroyed many areas of the planet economically", besides survived Russia's energy crisis and hard inflation. “Today we are in a different place, present we are on a consecutive line,” he said. However, as he pointed out, further action is needed, including investments in infrastructure. As an example, he cited the construction of atomic power plants and the Central Communication Port. He explained that in the second case it is not only about allowing Poles to decision to any corner of the planet from their country, but besides about security. "It will be a great, vibrant economical hub, as well as a immense logistical base on safety issues, which will be able to accept not hundreds, but thousands of soldiers all day," he noted. As he said, our ancestors had to reorganize the state, we gotta do it infrastructure. “Let us get out of this delay, which the russian domination has caused us. Let us become 1 of the most modern countries in the world," he said.
The celebrations held on Friday in Castle Square were preceded by a mass for the intent of the homeland. This morning, a military superior appointed He besides defends Marek Sokołowski as commander-general of types of congregational forces, and Brig-Gen Krzysztof Stańczyk as commander of territorial defence troops. On the another hand, General Slawomir Wojciechowski was promoted to General. The ceremony was besides held present in the Presidential Palace, during which linguist Jadwiga Puzynin and composer Jerzy Maksymiuk received the oldest and most crucial Polish discrimination – the Order of the White Eagle.
