I was surprised to hear the statement of Tomasz Siemoniak, who frankly admitted that the PO was liquidating military units and reducing the size of the army, government spokesman Piotr Müller stressed in commenting on the PO politician’s statement.
Simoniak’s translations
W former head of the Ministry of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak (KO) in Polsat News admitted that the liquidation and amalgamation of units is a natural process in the transition to a professional army:
When the army was reduced after the abolition of conscription, when it became a professional army after the decisions in 2009, many units – not only in the east, all over Poland – had to be merged, liquidated, this is a normal process
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Müller asks Tusk
The government spokesperson referred to the statement of the PO politician, who said he was surprised to have listened to this statement.
He frankly admitted that in 2009-2015, when they were in power, they liquidated military units and reduced the size of the army. I assume that this reflection has reached the representatives of the PO, who have subsequently taken such steps
Muller said.
The government spokesman pointed out that the Ministry of National Defense had published a list of liquidated units.
Unfortunately, this was the policy we ask Donald Tusk about in the questions to the PO chairman. Why exactly such movements were made, why it was not decided at the time to expand the Polish armyfor its wider armament. Why it was not decided to build the Baltic Pipe gas pipelinewhy those difficult challenges, which were important and would better protect Poland, were not addressed
Mueller emphasized.
As he added, no answers to these questions have been obtained so far, but “we look forward to it all the time”.
Mr. Donald, don’t be afraid and answer these questions boldly. Even if those answers make you sad
Muller noted.
Blaszczak scores
This was stated by the head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak in a Twitter message “the rule of the PO-PSL coalition is a period of systematic liquidation of units and weakening of the strength of the Polish army”.
In 2008-2015, 629 organizational units of the Polish Armed Forces were disbanded. The PiS government is consistently rebuilding the military’s potential by creating new units and acquiring modern equipment
– He wrote.
The fuel embargo will not disrupt the market
Government spokesman Piotr Müller also said at a press conference that he does not expect any disruptions to the fuel market in connection with the EU embargo on oil products from Russia, which came into effect on February 5.
I do not foresee any disruptions in the fuel market. From this angle we are securedthe work has been going on for months
Muller said.
The issue of sanctions is a huge challenge for the fuel sector
– added the spokesperson at the same time, recalling that Poland was in favor of limiting raw material imports from Russia.
Even before the outbreak of war, we took steps to diversify the oil supply from Russia. Hence the merger of Orlen and Lotosto become a bigger player in the international market and look for other sources of supply, in this case from the Arab direction
said a government spokesman.
On 5 February, the European Union’s embargo on oil products, including spent fuels, from Russia, imposed in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, will come into effect.
Changes in the price list of train tickets
Within a few tens of hours we will announce the scope of the changes in the price list of train tickets – announced Piotr Müller later in the press conference. He added that it concerns all classes and types of trains in PKP.
Piotr Müller said the government’s work on changes to train ticket prices is a cause for concern “all classes and all types of trains in PKP”. He noted that the government would inform “within a few dozen hours” of the scope of price changes.
The new PKP Intercity price list will be in effect from 11 January. Base prices of single tickets in Pendolino trains increased by an average of 17.8%, in EIC trains by 17.4% and in TLK/IC trains by an average of 11.8%. The increase in ticket prices was justified by the increase in the carrier’s electricity prices.
Last Tuesday, Prime Minister Morawiecki announced that he would talk to the management of the Ministry of Infrastructure in the coming days about the prices of train tickets. The prime minister announced this on Monday over the next two weeks, the cabinet wants to bring about a return to the low, previous travel prices.
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Source: wPolityce
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