This is 1 of the most crucial laws adopted this year. Building civilian defence and civilian protection infrastructure is an absolute precedence for the government," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at a Tuesday press conference. Parliament has completed work on the civilian Protection and civilian Defence Act. “We fix the mistakes of our predecessors,” added the head of the MON.
Several weeks in the parliament continued work on the government draft civilian Protection and civilian Defence Act. present they summarized them at a joint press conference of defence and home affairs ministers: Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Tomasz Siemoniak. The paper is intended to reconstruct the OC structures in the country, coordinate the operation of state institutions and services, and supply the public with a sense of safety in the event of crises and threats. The draft has already been adopted by both chambers of parliament and addressed to the president's signature. We believe it will. We have never failed to cooperate in safety matters, so we believe that this time too. The bill must enter into force so that we can implement the civilian Protection and Defence Programme," said Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish.
– Our predecessors put out the civilian defence bill. The defence of the population remained in the tasks of local governments, which had to finance it from their own sources and were frequently incapable to do so," said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The head of the MON indicated that this is 1 of Donald Tusk's government's priorities in the area of security. “We correct the mistakes of our predecessors concerning under-funding of local governments, not providing funds for this intent and neglecting the education of local governments,” he added. As he pointed out, erstwhile developing a civilian protection system, Poland draws designs from the best. The Deputy Prime Minister referred to the example of Sweden and Finland. He stressed that a strong society is 1 of 3 pillars of state safety alongside a strong army and strong alliances. "And society will only be strong if this bill is well implemented, well-developed and well implemented," concluded the head of the MON.
The fresh civilian protection strategy is to be based on structures that already exist. These are primarily national emergency rescue and firefighting systems, crisis management structures, Emergency Alert System, State Medical Rescue, medicinal agents and NGOs. The civilian Protection and civilian Defence Programme will be the basis for funding. The backing of civilian protection and civilian protection tasks will be allocated annually to measures of no little than 0.3% of GDP. – The Act contains quite a few detailed solutions: infrastructure issues, shelter construction, emergency notification, safe government communications system, civic education and information. Working on this project, we utilized the experience of another countries in building a civilian protection strategy and drawing lessons from events in Ukraine – said Minister Tomasz Siemoniak.
The Act besides places large emphasis on shaping public awareness and promoting appropriate behaviour in the face of danger. As the Minister of National Defence announced, work is underway on a handbook to aid citizens prepare for crisis states. – These will be textbooks for both children and young people, that is, adapted to their age and opportunities, as well as for the aged and for all of us who are active, who besides request to get specified skills. We will besides want it to go to all Polish house, so that it is available wherever possible," added Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
