Head of the Presidential Chancellery Zbigniew Bogucki announced on Friday a new set of laws signed by Karol Nawrocki. One of them concerns the freezing of energy prices. Speaking about it, Bogucki stated that Poles would benefit from this solution, but admitted it was not ideal. “It’s a pity that the government does not want to help Poles,” he said.
At the outset, Bogucki recalled the president’s three vetoes from the previous month. In his view, the president’s move forced the government to adopt better solutions expected by Poles. Speaking about the signed laws, he began with the one concerning energy prices.
“In short, energy prices will be frozen for another quarter. But it should be remembered that this could have been resolved much earlier. Back when the ruling coalition adopted these measures, it adopted them only for three quarters instead of the entire year. Surely no one today doubts that at the time those in power were counting on Rafał Trzaskowski winning the presidential election, and consequently that by the end of September there would be no need to extend this law,” he declared.
He stressed that the signed law “is not ideal.” “There is no freezing of energy prices, for example, for entrepreneurs, farmers, local governments, or for sensitive infrastructure such as hospitals. But the solution that has been proposed is good for Poles, it is good for those who can take advantage of it. However, not everyone will, for example, be able to benefit from the heating voucher. Here the scope of this solution is really very limited, and it’s a pity that the government does not want to help Poles and does not really want to eliminate those terrifying bills that began to appear in some Polish cities from July 1,” he said.
Gas remains in Poland
He then referred to the law concerning gas storage. “The law that was vetoed by the president last month contained provisions that were dangerous from the perspective of the country’s energy security, as it essentially allowed gas to be stored more broadly outside the country’s borders. Surely no one needs convincing that this is an extremely dangerous solution in such a difficult time, in such a difficult geopolitical environment,” he said.
“This law was vetoed by the president, and consequently Prime Minister Tusk’s government had to abandon those provisions and extend the law allowing the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves (RARS) to continue storing gas here, in Poland. And this is a solution that the president accepts,” he said.
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