The Sejm on Friday passed an amendment to the Veterans of Operations Abroad Act, which would introduce the right to benefits for all veterans injured on missions, whether or not they work.
446 deputies took part in the vote. 445 MPs voted in favor of the amendment, 1 MP opposed, no one abstained.
The second reading of the bill took place in the Sejm on Thursday. On Tuesday, the proposal was approved by the joint parliamentary committees – defense and social policy and family.
The amendment passed by the Sejm on Friday assumes that all wounded veterans could receive a special benefit — including those who do not receive old-age or disability pensions. The proposed changes apply to persons who have been granted wounded veteran status by the relevant authority.
Previously, such compensation was only available to veterans who do not work. The amendment introduces the right to payment of compensation for all soldiers and officers, whether on active duty or working or not.
The amount of compensation for injured veterans depends on a fixed percentage of health damage.
Deputy Defense Minister Wojciech Skurkiewicz indicated during Thursday’s debate in the Sejm that “this law applies to 560 people from the Ministry of National Defense and 40 people who are subordinate to the Minister of the Interior and Administration.”
He added that the benefit would be paid on a quarterly basis. He also indicated that the total annual amount for this benefit for these additional persons is PLN 1,800,000. zloty.
“It is an answer to the demands of veterans”
The approval by the Sejm of the amendment to the Veterans Act, which will see every wounded veteran, including a soldier on active duty, receive extra money, is in response to the demands of people who, at the risk of their health and life, served on missions – emphasized Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak.
The Sejm on Friday passed an amendment to the Veterans of Operations Abroad Act, which would introduce the right to benefits for all veterans injured on missions, whether or not they work.
Mariusz Błaszczak, deputy prime minister and head of the Ministry of National Defense, referred to the chamber’s decision on Twitter on Friday. He stressed that thanks to the amendment, every injured veteran, including an active duty soldier, will receive extra money – a veteran’s benefit.
This is in response to the demands of veterans who served on missions at the risk of their lives and health
Blaszczak noticed.
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Source: wPolityce
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