The head of the Ministry of National Defense, Marusz Błaszczak, wrote on Thursday on the is gone. This is another proof that if Tusk’s team returns to power, it will liquidate the Territorial Defense Force! Don’t let that happen!

He commented on the issue on Friday World Home Armed Forces Association. In connection with the embarrassing statements of one of the leading politicians in the +Guests+ program, which was broadcast on October 11 this year by a very popular national television station, in which the Territorial Defense Forces were called para-military, we convey our statement. supreme anger and defiance of the insult to the uniform of the Polish Army. We consider it reprehensible behavior of the leader of the largest opposition group, who mixed apolitical politics with an election campaign Polish army“- wrote the union in a statement sent to the PAP.

The World Association of Home Armed Forces emphasizes that on the army WHAT They have been involved in supporting veterans since its inception. “We can count on their help both as an organization and as individuals. Territorial Defense Force they not only help veterans, but entire communities. They carry out the tasks entrusted to them with great commitment and dedication to the cause. We see this both in the difficult times of the pandemic and now, when they guard the borders of our homeland shoulder to shoulder with officers. Border guard“- they showed.

“We emphasize that Territorial based on a treaty between worlds Association of Home Army Soldiers and Territorial Defense Forces Command they are the successors of the memory of the heroes of the Polish Underground State. We thank them for truly fulfilling their promise to Veterans five years ago. “We call on all parties in the political discourse to behave with dignity during election campaigns and reject hateful language,” appealed to the Association members.

On Tuesday, President Andrzej Duda appointed Lieutenant General Wiesław Kukuła as Chief of the Polish Army General Staff. Previously, Kukuła was dismissed from the position of TNI Commander. Wiesław Kukuła was the creator and first commander of the Territorial Defense Forces. In turn, Major General Maciej Klisz was appointed by the president to be Operational Commander of the Armed Forces. Therefore, the President dismissed him from the position of TNI Commander.

The PO chief, referring to this on Wednesday on Polsat News, said that “the generals were surprised that those who were supposed to command the entire armed forces came from WOT.” The PO leader quoted the words of General Waldemar Skrzypczak, former Army commander, who on Wednesday, on TOK FM, said that he “does not want this decision to be based on the fear of using the army against Poland in case the elections do not go well.” according to the wishes of those who currently hold power in Poland.

Later in the program, Tusk was asked about General Kukuła and Klisz’s criticism of their careers at WOT. “This causes concern for everyone who knows how WOT was created. And it causes concern for everyone who knows how much influence Macierewicz left in this operation,” he responded. According to him, “no one in Poland has done as much damage to the country’s security and (…) defense over 40 years as Antonia Macierewicz, so these concerns are understandable.” (PAP)

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