Polish Presidential Candidate Vows to Block Ukraine's NATO Bid
Opposition-backed Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki has officially accepted the demands of anti-Ukrainian Confederation leader Slawomir Mencen, including a promise not to allow Ukraine to join NATO, in exchange for support in the second round.
The Gaze reports on this with reference to Onet.
The eight-point declaration was signed during a live broadcast with Mencen.
On Monday, Slawomir Mencen invited Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki to a conversation on his YouTube channel. According to him, he wants to help voters make up their minds before the second round of the presidential election. To do this, politicians need to sign a declaration.
It consists of eight points:
- I will not sign any law that increases existing taxes, contributions, fees or introduces a new fiscal burden.
- I will not sign any law restricting cash transactions and will protect the Polish zloty.
- I will not sign any law that restricts the freedom of expression compatible with the Polish Constitution.
- I will not allow sending Polish soldiers to the territory of Ukraine.
- I will not sign a law ratifying Ukraine's accession to NATO.
- I will not sign any law restricting access to weapons for Poles.
- I will not agree to the transfer of any powers of the authorities of the Republic of Poland to the European Union.
- I will not sign the ratification of any new EU treaties that weaken the role of Poland, for example, by weakening its voting rights or taking away its veto power.
Navrotsky, commenting on the point about Polish soldiers on the territory of Ukraine, said: ‘I will send Polish businessmen when Ukraine is restored’.
He also stated that he would not sign the law on ratification of Ukraine's accession to NATO. According to him, there is no point in discussing this.
Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that by declaring his readiness not to support Ukraine's accession to NATO, Karol Navrotsky was signing up to the Kremlin's demands.
According to the results of the first round of elections on 18 May, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski from the ruling party with 31.36% and Director of the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland Karol Nawrocki, supported by the opposition PiS party, with 29.54%, made it to the second round.
As The Gaze reported earlier, Poland is preparing to deliver a new €200 million military aid package to Ukraine in the coming months.