Rafał Trzaskowski met with residents of Radom on Tuesday 25 March. The Citizen Coalition candidate referred, among others, to the thought of liquidating the Church Fund. In the opinion of the president of Warsaw, this is simply a good direction. – We are working on abolishing the Church Fund. That's precisely the right direction. Let the citizens decide which church they want to support. And just to be clear, there is nothing fighting in my attitude, that is common sense – he explained.
The candidate KO pointed out that the Church has a very affirmative function in terms of tradition and assistance in crisis situations. “In Warsaw we support Caritas from the city budget, due to the fact that Caritas is doing a superb job, helping people in a homelessness crisis,” he said.
In the opinion of Rafał Trzaskowski, there are truly quite a few places where the self-government or state can cooperate with the Church in matters of real importance. "In another matters, however, simply separation, so kind," he concluded.
Magdalena Biejat besides supports the thought of liquidating the Church Fund. In a conversation with Wprost.pl the candidate of the Left stated that part of the separation of the Church from the state is besides the disconnection of this drip of public money that goes to the Church. “We must yet do this, due to the fact that present there are besides many flows between politics and the church. This besides upsets quite a few believers. This ends with the fact that MPs of Law and Justice read a letter from their candidate for president during mass, and then this debt is paid through various transfers of funds to the church – she explained the Vice Marshal of the Senate.
In the opinion of the policy of the Left, the Church will manage without this additional support. "It is possible to introduce mechanisms by which the faithful will be able to support the church they belong to and which future they care about, for example, through voluntary additional taxation of themselves under the PIT settlement," she added.
On Monday, March 24, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk announced the beginning of the work on the appropriate bill to liquidate the Church Fund. After more than a year, it is essential to make it clear: adequate waiting, time for action – the minister said. She besides recalled that specified a commitment was made by the Left in the electoral campaign, and this post besides appeared in the 100 specifics of the Civic Coalition.
