"The denial of support for the fighting Ukraine is against the interests of the safety of the Polish state. Helping Ukraine fighting is besides a building of a safe Poland - in this way Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz commented on Karol Nawrocki's decision to veto the law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens. - This case is not 800 plus... This case concerns the safety of Poland - said the head of the MON.
Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish said - referring to the presidential veto - that negating support for the fighting Ukraine is against the interests of safety of the Polish state. As he added, the aid of the fighting Ukraine is building a safe Poland.
President Karol Nawrocki informed on Monday that it had not signed an amendment to the Act on Assistance to Ukrainian Citizens. His decision was motivated, among others, by the fact that the benefit of 800 plus should be given only to Ukrainians who work in Poland.
800 plus for Ukrainian citizens. Kosiniak-Kamish about the President's decision: Liberum veto
Kosiniak-Kamish asked about this at the Tuesday press conference stated that these actions of president Nawrocki could be compared to veto liberal. That is - as he said - to block laws, the anticipation of adopting resolutions and yet to block the ability of the government to make decisions.
The Minister pointed out that his critical attitude towards many actions of any young Ukrainians "driving the latest cars around Poland, alternatively than taking part in defending their homeland".
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- I'm sorry. I've expressed it many times. I said that if Ukraine does not settle the issue of genocide in Volyn, there will be no exhumation, no commemoration, no chance of joining the European Union. I expressed a very clear and firm opposition in cases where in any way the good name of Poland was trampled on, or tried to glorify Bandera. I was very clear and clear about it. But negating support for the fighting Ukraine is against the interest of safety of the Polish state. Helping Ukraine fighting is besides building a safe Poland - stated Deputy Prime Minister.
In his opinion, president Nawrocki vetoed this fresh in fact denied the safety strategy of the Polish state. - This case doesn't apply. 800 plusJust to be clear. This case concerns the safety of Poland. 800 plus is simply a very tiny part of this bill. And it could have been done in a completely different way, and the president's colleagues present it as just this element. This is not true, so I will effort to explain it - Kosiniak-Kamish emphasized.
President's veto for the Ukrainian citizens' aid bill. fresh legislative initiative
The President, justifying his decision to veto, recalled that 3.5 years ago, after the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine, a war broke out that affected the full safety architecture in the world. "After 3.5 years, the situation, besides in the field of Polish public finances and political emotions, social emotion, has changed substantially. The law which was proposed 3.5 years ago should be corrected present - he assessed.
The president besides announced his own legislative initiative. "In my draft bill, I propose fresh rules for granting citizenship, besides to visitors from countries another than Ukraine. I believe this process should be extended. There will besides be an increase in the penalties for illegal crossing the border. In order to destruct Russian propaganda and to base relations with Ukraine on common respect, I believe that we should besides include in the bill the unambiguous slogan "stop flagism" - he said.
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The flag symbol would - according to the President's proposal - be aligned with symbols that correspond to German national socialism commonly referred to as Nazism, russian communism and make corrections in the Act on the Institute of National Memory - of the Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in relation to the crimes of the CNS-UPA.
Nawrocki reported that the presidential task assumes that The process of granting citizenship will be extended from 3 to 10 years and increased penalties for illegal border crossing to 5 years imprisonment.
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On Monday evening, President's chief of law Zbigniew Bogucki announced that the presidential task was directed to the talker of the Sejm on that day. Simona Holowna. He stressed that he assumed, among another things, access to benefits and wellness care only for people who work and pay contributions in Poland. According to Bogacki, the task besides introduces records allowing to prosecute the spread of "bander ideology".
The President's vetoed the amendment of the law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens established extension of temporary protection granted to Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war, until 4 March 2026. The amendment follows an EU Council Implementing Decision of 25 June 2024.
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The newla was besides intended to clarify the conditions for receiving a benefit of 800 plus, so that it would besides be paid for children who graduated from a secondary school before the age of 18 and fulfil the work to survey by attending a university or qualifying vocational courses. The period of settlement by the voivodes of specified cases, specified as granting temporary residence permits, was besides to be extended. In addition, it provided for measures to seal the aid system. The aim is to exclude the anticipation of granting rights to Ukrainian citizens who cross the border in the short word on the basis of a licence to cross the border under local border traffic.
According to the amendment, support for local government units in the implementation of additional educational tasks related to education, education and care of children and students who are citizens of Ukraine was to continue.
