President Karol Nawrocki emphasized on Friday in Mińsk Mazowiecki that each day of the 100 days of his presidency was a commitment for him and the implementation of his election campaign slogan: Poland first, Poles first. Friday marked 100 days since Karol Nawrocki was sworn in as president.
– After these 100 days, I am deeply convinced that every president of Poland and every person in public life, including the prime minister and ministers, the first thing they should have in their hearts is love for Poland, because politics is not an ordinary profession – said the president during a meeting with residents in Mińsk Mazowiecki.
He noted that each day of the 100 days of his presidency was for him a day of great love for Poland, for Polish women and men. – It was not only the implementation of the slogan from the election campaign, but also a commitment for me. And it was an obligation for me to repeat in each of my decisions: “Poland first, Poles first,” said the president. He pointed out that this is what every presidency should look like and this is what the next days of his term as president will look like.
Karol Nawrocki thanked those who voted for him in the elections, and assured those who did not vote for him that every day he also works for their safety, prosperity, development and future.
The government is talking about a “vetomat”. Nawrocki: I signed most of it
I signed a total of 70 bills and vetoed 13 bills; statistics clearly show that there are probably too few vetoed bills to call someone a “vetomatist” – emphasized President Karol Nawrocki on Friday at a meeting in Mińsk Mazowiecki. He noted that in Poland, the veto is one of the tools for creating the legislative system.
– Statistics clearly show that despite this term, there are probably too few vetoed bills to call someone a vetomate – said Nawrocki.
The president emphasized that he signs good bills that are the result of parliamentary compromise of various political groups, “and not the result of last-minute efforts or changes in parliamentary committees.” As he said, he went to the Presidential Palace with the belief that he would be the guardian of Polish values and prosperity. – I do not intend to sign those laws that, on the one hand, do not serve Polish women and men, arouse controversy among specific social groups, or are not the result of compromise in the Polish parliament – he emphasized.
The president drew attention to the refusal to sign the amendment on assistance to Ukrainian citizens, arguing that only Ukrainians working in Poland should receive “800 plus”. In his opinion, the draft bill he received for signing did not take into account the voices of the most important candidates in the presidential elections, who – as he added – also expressed the view that working Ukrainians should receive “800 plus”. – It was an unfair solution towards Poles, which is why I vetoed it. The government met my expectations, he noted.
Nawrocki noted that according to the Polish political system, “the veto is simply one of the tools for creating the Polish legislative system, the Polish legal system.” – A veto is nothing unusual. In our country, the people elect the president, not the National Assembly, the people elect the president so that the president will veto laws that will be inconsistent with the interests of Poles and will be passed from the Polish Sejm – added the president.
As he emphasized, he consistently invites all those who work on laws “so that, as a matter of good practice, those parliamentarians who prepare Polish laws at the stage of negotiations with his wonderful ministers should discuss with the Chancellery of the President whether these provisions will be accepted by the President of Poland.”
– In our country, in Poland, life is not the same as in many European countries, and the system does not work like in many European countries, where the president is elected by the National Assembly and he does not have the ability to use a veto. Poles choose the president in the only such direct elections, voting for specific people, so that the president represents their interests, and not the interests of one, two or three political parties – said Nawrocki.
What else will Karol Nawrocki veto and what will he sign?
We do not want illegal immigration in Poland, I will not sign over-regulations regarding climate issues – said President Karol Nawrocki on Friday during a meeting summarizing the 100 days of his presidency. He also emphasized that he was trying to reactivate the Visegrad Group.
During a meeting with residents in Mińsk Mazowiecki, the president indicated that during his visits abroad he was trying to reactivate the Visegrad Group. He added that cooperation between the countries of NATO's eastern flank and the Three Seas Initiative is also important for Poland. – Western Europe has recently made too many mistakes for us to remain indifferent. We need formats that will give Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Scandinavian and Baltic states the opportunity to share their perspective and emotions on the international arena, said Nawrocki.
– We are proud members of the European Union. We want to be in the European Union, but we do not want illegal immigration in Poland. And I have tried and I will continue to strive, he assured. He recalled that he had sent a clear statement to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that he did not intend to implement migration solutions as the president of Poland.
The president also declared that he would not sign “over-regulations regarding climate issues and the Green Deal and all these things that often become the ideological madness of Western Europe.”
Nawrocki added that Poland should implement EU solutions that are good for us, and what is unfavorable should not become our law.
The President also announced that the Council for Poles and the Polish diaspora outside the borders of the Republic of Poland will soon be established.
Karol Nawrocki on the nominations: Order must survive
The duty of the president, who is the guardian of the constitution, is to demand that judges issue judgments in the name of the Republic of Poland and implement the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Poland – said President Karol Nawrocki on Friday.
The president said on Friday evening during a meeting with the residents of Mińsk Mazowiecki that the activity of the head of state also includes, among others: “hundreds of state decorations that go to Polish municipalities, starostes and voivodeships.”
– These are hundreds of decisions made by the president regarding officer promotions, general promotions, sometimes those that say it is too early for a promotion, or certain promotion requirements have not been met by those who are responsible for their soldiers or their officers – Nawrocki pointed out.
President Nawrocki also referred to the issue of the refusal to nominate 46 judges. On Wednesday, the president announced the refusal of these nominations and announced that for the next five years, no judge who questions the president's constitutional powers, the Polish constitution and the Polish legal system can count on judicial nomination and promotion.
– The duty of the president, who is the guardian of the constitution, and this is a fresh issue from these hundred days, is also to demand that judges issue judgments in the name of the Republic of Poland and implement the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Poland, and that everyone who was nominated by the president should feel like a judge, and not a neo-judge and a pale judge – said the president to the residents of Mińsk Mazowiecki.
He emphasized that this is why he refused to nominate 46 judges this week. – The court is not a parliament room, and Poland is a big thing, Poland is a big thing – added the president.
– Governments fall and rise, presidents pass away, (…) and the Polish constitutional and legal order must continue, and this is what the president was for these hundred days and will be for this purpose in the following years, so that the constitutional and legal order lasts, Nawrocki noted. (PAP)
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