More counties in a state of natural disaster, ISW warns, Duda in flood areas

Counties Bolesławiec, Jawor, Legnica and Złotoryja were covered by a state of natural disaster – according to the regulation published in the Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland.

On Monday Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on introducing a state of natural disaster for 30 days in parts of the Lower Silesia, Opole and Silesian voivodeships. On Tuesday, the government extended the territory covered by this state to include additional counties. On Friday, another extension took place.

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Marcin Kierwiński, MEP, former Minister of Interior, will be the government's plenipotentiary for post-flood reconstruction – the Prime Minister announced Donald Tusk.

The Prime Minister stressed that “the task is gigantic”. – We will have to wisely and quickly allocate billions of zlotys so that they reach where they are really needed. As you know, this is a very complicated structure of expenditure. Cooperation with the administration, with the services, with the local government is necessary – he enumerated.

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President Andrzej Duda arrived in the flood areas. First he was in Lądek-Zdrój, and then in Głuchołazy. He saw the destruction caused by the flood, talked to local authorities and representatives of the services working on the site.

He announced that he would sign decision on the appointment of a government representative for combating the effects of flooding. – We have to work in harmony – he said.

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The politicized National Council of the Judiciary issued a statement summarizing the ten-day session that ended on Friday. In one of the points, the neo-NCJ argues that three members of the current government “did not take over the office of minister” because of the way they delivered their oath, during which they used feminatives.

The National Council of the Judiciary claims that “the Council of Ministers appointed on 13 December 2023 is not a body identical to the Council of Ministers as provided for in the Constitution”, and its work “involves persons who did not take up the office of minister under Art. 151 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and who can be provisionally described as department commissioners”.

“The incorrect composition of the Council of Ministers results from the lack of an oath taken in accordance with the constitutional content of the oath formula by the Minister of Education Barbara Nowacka and the Minister of Equality Katarzyna Kotula, who instead of the words 'taking over the office of minister (…)' said the words: 'taking over the office of minister' and due to the statement by Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz that she was taking over the office of the Minister of Social Policy in a situation where she was appointed to the position of minister for senior policy by the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland” – argues the neo-KRS.

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In an analysis from September 19, the American Institute for the Study of War wrote about the leader's words Russia Vladimir Putinwhich were made during a meeting on Thursday with the heads of Russian regions and occupied Ukrainian Crimea.

“Putin stated that Russia must ensure 'no obstacles' to the movement of Russian citizens between mainland Russia and the Königsberg region,” ISW wrote.

According to ISW, Putin's comments “about maintaining cultural and social ties between Königsberg and Russia are most likely aimed at Russian public opinion, although Putin may create conditions for future Russian aggression against the Baltic states under the guise of defending the Königsberg region.”

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