We request to add all the strength and resources so that Poland is safe, and the Polish Army, Polish armed forces, can make and modernise. We should not be the third, but the first, strongest army of the North Atlantic Alliance in Europe in a short time," said president Karol Nawrocki in a speech on the occasion of the Polish Army.
At noon in Warsaw, the central celebration of the Polish Army Day began. Traditionally, 1 of the points of the celebration was the speech of the president of Poland, who under the Constitution is besides the head of the armed forces. For the first time after winning the election, president Karol Nawrocki reviewed the troops before the parade.
– Great triumph of Poles from 1920 over Bolsheviks It left us, modern Poles, a beautiful, crucial lesson, evidence and a deep heritage – the president started his speech. “Every year, on 15 August, in us, in the modern Polish nation, there is simply a spirit of winners, a spirit of a arrogant nation ready to fight for the most crucial values for us”, he added. He pointed out that the triumph over the Bolsheviks besides shows that independency is valuable, but besides very expensive. And taking care of it is the most crucial task of all Pole.
– We request to add all the strength and resources to keep Poland safe, and the Polish Army, Polish armed forces, can develop, modernise and so that we can have more and more Polish soldiers," Nawrocki said. “We should be not the third, but the first, strongest army of the North Atlantic Alliance in Europe,” he added. The way to do this is to ensure, among another things, unchangeable financing of defence spending. Poland has been a leader in NATO for years and has been well above the level recommended by the Alliance. This year the budget of the Ministry of Defence will account for almost 5% of GDP. – If society does not pay for its army, at any point there will be a bill of payment and we will gotta pay for an army of others – the president warned. “This is why I will request that we halt talking and decide to allocate 5% of Polish GDP to defence. This has to happen and it has to happen as shortly as possible. Polish safety requires this present – the commander of the armed forces argued.
The president besides referred to the "National safety Strategy" already prepared by the government. A paper setting out the main objectives and ways to accomplish them in the field of national safety policy must now be accepted and signed by the head of state. “I firmly believe that the only emotion that will be in the fresh “National safety Strategy” and in implementing papers will be the emotion of the Polish state. There will be a clear declaration of defence all centimeter and all inch of Polish land. due to the fact that Poland is one, and the Vistula line is not its limit," Nawrocki said.
The armed forces superior proposed to the government the improvement of the “Constitution of the safety of the Republic of Poland”. This would be a set of commitments for joint action in the field of state safety – allied tasks, expansion of the armed forces and modernization of the Polish Army. “The Constitution for the safety of the Republic” will give for years, possibly decades, the feeling that building our defence strategy is going in 1 direction, despite the dynamics of military processes worldwide”, added the President.
Karol Nawrocki's speech could not miss the war in Ukraine. – The triumph over the Bolsheviks in 1920 left another very crucial lesson. It left us a lesson that today's neo-imperial Russia is not undefeated," argued the head of the armed forces. To prove it, he recalled Russia's defeat in the war with Japan in the early 20th century and the defeat in the war with Poland. And today, for more than 3 years, it has been crammed after its attack on Ukraine. The fires thanks to the support of the alliance and solidarity of the nations of freedom," Nawrocki said.
