It will be harder, sometimes slower (...), but the veto of the president will not halt us," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk. At an extraordinary meeting, the government adopted a resolution allowing to launch the “Army Poland” programme. This is simply a consequence to the decision of the President, who announced a veto against the multi-billion-dollar debt for Poland from the EU. Karol Nawrocki's decision sparked a stormy debate in the Sejm.
Today's day at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Village was under the sign of SAFE. After yesterday President's announcements of veto against the bill beginning the way for Poland to launch the SAFE programme, the government gathered at an extraordinary meeting. As a consequence to Karol Nawrocki's decision, the Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on the basis of which the “Army Poland” programme will be launched. – It will be harder, it will be slower sometimes, it will take a lot more effort to convince everyone active in this process due to the fact that there will be no applicable regulations. We will gotta trust on our own strength, our own determination, but we will. And this resolution will enable us to launch the programme “Army Poland” – emphasised Donald Tusk. Defence and finance ministers were authorised by the government to sign the SAFE Agreement under which Poland is expected to receive EUR 43.7 billion of low-interest EU loan for defense. And European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier present reported that the EC is presently finalising a debt agreement under SAFE in order to sign it with the Polish authorities and pay the advance in April.
Today's session of the Sejm besides began with the debate on SAFE. During a heated discussion, Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the President's Chancellery, called for support for the presidential project, which is the so-called. Polish SAFE, providing for the financing of arms purchases from the National Bank of Poland. He besides accused the government of trying to circumvent the law and violate democratic principles. – (...) On the President's side is the law, there is simply a constitution, on the President's side is the interest of Poland. Turn to the good side and we can do good things. halt shouting traitors and accused people due to the fact that you were on the incorrect side of history, erstwhile you had to be against Russia, you were doing a reset with it," said Zbigniew Bogucki, accusing the ruling coalition of "total takeover of the state."
The Prime Minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, replied: "Retreat this road, due to the fact that past will not forget you. This is the success of Poland, this is the success of our government. And that's why it hurts so much? – the head of the MON asked. He besides announced that the government was planning to upgrade the army on the basis of the Armed Forces Support Fund. We'll usage this mechanism. He is not as good as our proposal, due to the fact that the amendment to the bill introduced in the advanced home 2 weeks ago spoke of the statutory protection of the MON budget. That's not in the Armed Forces Support Fund. But we besides made up for your malpractice at the government gathering present and secured the defence ministry's budget in the resolution. There will be no repayment of the debt from SAFE – he reported.
Kosiniak-Kamysz recalled that it was Polish generals who participated in the work on the proposal to the European Commission. — no of the military proposals submitted by the Polish Army staff were changed. It was Polish generals, with General Wiesław Kukuła at the head, who wrote a request for modernization of the Polish army,” stressed the Deputy Prime Minister. – Your enragement, your hatred of us, to build a strong, safe Poland, is so strong and so insane in your action that you are even able to vote against the modernization of the Polish army – said the Prime Minister of the Polish Parliament.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed at the end that the veto is making it difficult, but fortunately it does not prevent a strategical task for Poland. And he addressed the opposition: "We will make the Polish army the strongest in Europe by 2030 (...). If you want to support this project, I invitation you, one more time we are reaching out; on the basis of existing regulations, we anticipate the proceeds from the NBP's profits tomorrow, and I promise we will allocate them to safety!
During the debate Mr Radosław Sikorski, among others, spoke. He recalled the discussion held in the Sejm during the time of the regulation of law and justice, erstwhile Poland took loans from South Korea to finance the acquisition of K2 tanks. “Better to be indebted than occupied,” you said, president Kaczyński," Sikorski said to the leader of the Law and Justice Union.
