The Polish Navy will be able to urgently send ships outside Polish territorial waters to strengthen the protection of the country. Ship crews and fighter aircraft pilots will besides gain the right to usage weapons to defend critical infrastructure. specified provisions to enhance safety in the Baltic were included in the government bill that the Sejm adopted today.
Illustration picture. Navy maneuvers on the Baltic.
The government bill giving fresh powers to the Navy of the Republic of Poland is intended to improve the safety of critical infrastructure spread across the Baltic. Several incidents have occurred in global waters in fresh months, as a consequence of which undersea cables and pipelines were torn off. According to experts, Russian services may have been behind these events. Poland has not been straight affected by the effects of maritime sabotage, but the hazard of specified attacks is inactive high. Hence the thought of fresh regulations.
Today a government bill on this matter, named “Safe Baltic”, was voted by the Sejm. It gained the support of 263 Members, mainly the governing coalition. 2 parliamentarians opposed, 172 abstained. Policy makers and the National safety Office raised doubts about circumstantial solutions.
The issue is primarily about shipping ships outside Polish territorial waters. The posting of soldiers outside the borders of Poland requires the approval of the President, but there is no specified evidence in the Act. However, the substance is not simple. According to PAP, Andrzej Grzyb, PSL MP and president of the National Defence Committee, 2 days earlier he pointed out that in this case the targeting of ships to global waters will be based on intervention, and these force a fast reaction.
– We request to find a mechanics that will let intervention to take place without undue delay," said the MP. This was the solution that the PiS Club MPs tried to find. Waldemar Andzel tabled an amendment which spoke of the request to inform the president immediately about the usage of weapons by ships. And although it gained the support of Caesar Tomczyk, the deputy chief of the MON, the opposition yet withdrew from it. However, it is likely that the subject will return at the phase of examination of the bill by the Senate.
What records were included in the document? The Navy, in addition to the anticipation of operating outside Polish waters, gained the right to usage weapons in the event of a threat to critical infrastructure. However, the authors of the bill reserve that this is the last resort. Before that, the crew must fire a informing shot. The exception is erstwhile the attackers fire on a ship or a floating unit of border guards or police.
According to the Naval Act, the Polish Navy in Polish territorial waters will receive akin rights to the mentioned border guard. She will be able to halt and control suspicious units, force them to change course, and take pursuit action if necessary.
However, the law is not limited to seafarers. It besides includes combat aircraft pilots who, in the event of a failure of communication with the on-call air defence commander, will have the right to decide on their own to fire a rocket flying over the Polish territory.
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