“President Andrzej Duda believes that our nations are not cursed by history,” said Minister Paweł Szrot, referring to the upcoming 80th anniversary of crime in Volhynia.
The Kremlin has been trying to quarrel between Poland and Ukraine practically since the time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, so I think it will also try to use this round anniversary of the tragic events to get something for itself. (…) I can assure you that the President will actively celebrate this anniversary of this genocide
– he said.
There were statements, there were very dignified and lofty gestures from the Ukrainian authorities to the victims of the massacre in Volhynia. I only remember the statements of President Zelensky from the courtyard of the royal castle. I also remember the statements of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mr. Ruslan Stefanchuk, very strongly, very well. There were also obstacles along the way
– said the presidential minister.
Will the president be in Ukraine during the celebrations?
I must be very restrained, for the enemy is awake. Yesterday in Lviv people died. There was practically a rocket attack on the city center. Does this mean that the Polish president is going to Ukraine? This is not a suggestion, provocations can also take place on Polish territory. Here the opponent has many options for action. I’m not talking about the risk of bleeding
– noted the head of the President’s Office.
Minister Szrot assured that President Andrzej Duda has not forgotten the exhumation of the victims of the Ukrainian genocide.
This topic is a constant subject of conversations between President Andrzej Duda and President Volodymyr Zelensky. We must explain to our Ukrainian friends our position on this and how we must act in order to preserve and deepen this friendship between our nations, which is a new quality in our relations, and not to create crises that hinder it. can stand. way.
– he said.
It’s always the way, it’s always the process. I don’t know if we will ever reach the ideal state on this road, we have to strive for it. There were some gestures, there were some sayings that were very good, very appropriate, it’s still a road that we’re constantly approaching. (…) President Andrzej Duda believes that our nations are not cursed by history, they are not doomed to this fate, that we will always be in this tragic conflict. We can free ourselves from this. Poland’s support for Ukraine also leads to this
he said.
A vote of no confidence
President Andrzej Duda said that in Poland’s current security situation, it is not justified to make radical changes around the Polish military – said the head of the office of the President of the Republic of Poland, Paweł Szrot, on Friday when asked about the Friday’s vote of confidence in the head of the Ministry of National Defense.
The deputies will consider the motion for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, tabled by KO and Lewica clubs. The Sejm’s National Defense Committee issued a negative opinion on this proposal on Thursday.
The motivation of the KO and the request from the left emphasized that “the actions of Mariusz Błaszczak in recent weeks clearly show that he is not responsible enough to fill the position of the Minister of National Defense in the face of the war that is taking place just across the Polish border.” In this context, eg the case of a Russian missile that fell near Bydgoszcz in December.
When asked if the head of the Ministry of National Defense should leave, Szrot noted in RMF FM that President Andrzej Duda said he “does not expect any radical personal moves”. He added that, according to the president, in the current “security situation of Poland” it is not justified to “make radical changes around the Polish army”.
When the head of the president’s office was asked about the initial bipartisan agreement on this matter on the Błaszczak-Duda line, he replied that disputes between the head of the Polish Armed Forces and the head of the Ministry of National Defense were “a natural thing ” goods. “.
They’ve happened before, they’ve been cleared up regularly, and I think this dispute has been cleared up as well
– added.
When asked if he believed the public was well informed about the Russian missile that fell near Bydgoszcz in December, he said that “citizens know as much as they should and could know”. He noted that he believed that the Poles had received correct information on this matter.
The KO and the Left Clubs drafted a vote of no confidence against the head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak in May. The justification of the application emphasized that “the actions taken in recent weeks by Mariusz Błaszczak clearly demonstrate that he is not responsible enough to fill the position of Minister of National Defense in light of the war that is just unfolding over the Polish border rages.”
Among other things, it was recalled that on December 16, 2022, a Russian-made missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads landed in Zamość near Bydgoszcz.
The event was not reported until the end of April 2023, when a random bystander came across the missile – a customer of a nearby boarding house, who found the object and notified the police of the matter
– we read in the application.
At the end of April, the Minister of Justice announced on Twitter that the prosecutor’s office had started proceedings regarding the remains of an aerial object found in a forest near Bydgoszcz. The Ministry of National Defense reported that the remains of an unidentified military facility were found about 15 km from Bydgoszcz.
On May 11, the head of the Ministry of National Defense stated that “procedures and response mechanisms in the case of the object found near Bydgoszcz were working properly up to the level of the operational commander.” He accused General Tomasz Piotrowski, the operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces, of not informing him or the relevant services about the missile that had entered Polish airspace. According to the minister, the December 16 report, which he received from COD, contained information that on that day “no violation or exceedance of the airspace of the Republic of Poland was recorded, which – as it turned out – was false”. He added that any personnel decisions would be made after consultation with the president.
The National Security Bureau (BBN) stated a day later that the information available to the president “does not justify making personnel decisions” regarding the top command staff of the Polish military, and the president has not received any request in this regard. matter.
Under the constitution, the Sejm may withdraw confidence in the minister. A motion can be tabled by at least 69 deputies. The Sejm passes a vote of no confidence by a majority of the statutory number of deputies.
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Source: wPolityce