Cheaper rail tickets and access to out-of-order wellness benefits – these are the main assumptions of the bill introducing the Uniform household Charter. Work began in the Sejm today. – The charter will cover about 1.3 million people. This is simply a signal from the state that we are helping people standing on defender of our safety in a measurable way," said Deputy Minister of Defence Cezary Tomczyk.
Uniform household Card provides for relief and preferential access to different services and goods. Its powers will be covered by formations under the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of the Interior, including professional soldiers and WOT, police officers, State Fire Department, Border defender officers and State Protection Service.
Today at the session of the Sejm, the first reading of the parliamentary bill introducing the Charter took place. Konrad Frysztak of KO, who justified him, stressed that the service in the uniforms and in the military is of a peculiar nature, requires full availability, willingness to sacrifice and take risks that cannot be compared to another professions. "However, the burden of this service does not lie solely on the shoulders of officers and soldiers, due to the fact that it is equally borne by their families. This task so shows a imagination of a country that invests in safety not only through the acquisition of equipment, the construction of defence infrastructure, but primarily through people and their families. For behind our safety, behind all work and service is simply a peculiar man and his family," said the MP.
Beyond the divisions, but...
Although the thought of establishing the Charter was not disputed by Members, any issues raised their doubts. Most of them highlighted the exclusion of certain uniform groups from the list of beneficiaries. Questions were raised about the criteria that decided on this selection and about the anticipation of extending the catalogue in the course of further work.
— What about the bridesmaids and fellow volunteer firemen? Why did the task leave out specified formations as Prison Service, Customs and taxation Service, Marshal's defender or 5 Polish peculiar services? These are not abstract questions. They are offered by the officers themselves, who perceive these solutions as a manifestation of exclusion and even discrimination," said Jarosław Krajewski, MP of the Law and Justice Office. In a akin vein, his fellow parliamentary club member, Paweł Hreniak, pointed out that the project, including the State Fire Department, completely ignores volunteer firefighters, a immense formation that besides supports the interior safety system.
In turn, any of the Confederates' words wondered whether the form of support proposed in the Act – discounts, reliefs, preferences – was adequate to actually strengthen the prestige of the service. In their opinion, possibly the focus should be on wages, terms of service, changes in equipment.
Cezary Tomczyk, Secretary of State in the MON, thanked for supporting the parliamentary majority for the project. – This is the real dimension of what is the approach to the Polish uniform, to soldiers, to officers, to people who put their lives in danger all day in the name of the full country's interests. For us, from the point of view of the Ministry of Defence, this is absolutely crucial – said the Deputy Chief Minister. He besides assured that the families of the fallen soldiers would be covered by benefits, in accordance with the pension provision law of professional soldiers, alternatively than excluded from it, as any Members suggested. Responding to the questions of parliamentarians, he admitted that the Charter of the Uniform household would be available in mCitizen's application, a central registry of various discounts and benefits would besides be created, and national defence and home affairs and administration departments would monitor the functioning of the strategy on an ongoing basis, introducing changes to the bill if necessary.
Discounts where priority
The holders of the Uniform household Card will have, for example, statutoryly guaranteed discounts for rail journeys (37 % for one-off tickets and 49 % for long-term tickets), as well as discounts for passport fees (for adults the discount will be 50 % and for children 75 %). The Charter will besides give precedence to admission to kindergarten to children of soldiers and officers transferred to another units. The task besides involves extending to household members uniform access to healthcare services outside the order. In the case of soldiers, this is about military medical care centres (hospitals and military clinics), and in the case of officials of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, it is about medical entities supervised by this ministry. The catalogue of services will be gradually expanded and public institutions, local governments and the private sector will be able to join the programme. The granting of powers will be carried out on the basis of contracts concluded with defence ministers, administration and home affairs. Anyone who joins the task and offers a discount will be able to usage the sign “Here we honor the Charter of the Uniform Family”.
– I believe that there will be solutions that will be adopted beyond political divisions. Support for this bill is simply a test of our responsibility, but besides a minute erstwhile we can show that declarations of support for the uniform are reflected in circumstantial legislative decisions, alternatively than ending with slogans," said Mr Frysztak.
All parliamentary clubs supported the project. It will now go to further work in committees: administration, home affairs and national defence.
The past of introducing benefits for soldiers, military workers and their families dates back to 2024. Then Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish moved “Military household Charter” project. The paper prepared in the MON was handed over to the Council of Ministers and then, during government work, the Ministry of Interior and Administration joined the initiative. To velocity up the legislative work, a group of Members of the civilian Coalition submitted a draft to the Sejm.
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