Parliament began the first reading of the presidential draft amendment to the Basic Law. The project involves entering the obligation to allocate at least 4 percent in the constitution. GDP for defense purposes.
Paprocka indicated that this initiative corresponds to the President's constitutional duties as a head of the armed forces. She reminded that the current level of expenses – 3 percent GDP – defines the Act on the defense of the homeland, however President Andrzej Duda wants to raise this threshold to 4 percent. and guarantee him in the constitution.
“It is worth using a consensus”
“It is worth using a political consensus that prevails around the topics and defense expenses, additionally supported by the public opinion” “ Paprocka said, citing social support for greater defense.
The head of the KPRP added that both political and social environments agree on the need to increase the minimum threshold of military expenditure. In her opinion, this will allow the creation of a political change in a political change that will allow you to build a “strong and efficient army.”
“Guaranteeing an increase in budget expenditure is the only way to maintain and strengthen the level of security,” she noted.
