The slogan was unveiled by Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, at a news conference in Warsaw on Friday, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Accompanied by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, Kaczyński said: “Our message in the parliamentary elections is ‘A Secure Future for the Polish People.’”
Kaczyński, who is also deputy prime minister, added that the message applied to “various kinds of security.”
Military security
Kaczyński told the news conference that it was especially important to achieve “military security to protect us from an armed attack.”
He said the government was “taking all measures, effective measures, to boost this kind of security,” including by “expanding the Polish army on a scale that is unprecedented in postwar Europe.”
Kaczyński added that by creating “the biggest land forces in Europe” and cultivating alliances, “especially with the United States,” Poland was seeking to “deter potential opponents” and "let them know that attacking Poland makes no military or political sense.”
Kaczyński also said that the government was taking measures to prepare for various potential threats, including from the presence of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus.
The Polish deputy prime minister declared: “We are taking all steps to ensure our nation is secure. This kind of security will definitely be maintained.”
Efforts 'to prevent forced relocation of migrants'
Kaczyński told reporters that the government was also "taking action on the international stage to prevent forced relocation of migrants” to Poland under the European Union’s proposed new migration policy.
He argued that “the relocation mechanism, once launched, cannot be stopped” and that Poland could be forced to admit “a great number of illegal migrants seeking to live on social benefits and undermine the security” of Polish citizens, the PAP news agency reported.
Measures to increase security
Kaczyński said the government had also introduced tougher penalties for various crimes, raised police pay, achieved energy independence, helped boost employment and wages, and introduced major social assistance programmes in a bid to make Polish families "secure on many levels."
Kaczyński told reporters that an upcoming nationwide referendum, scheduled for October 15 together with parliamentary elections and focusing on issues including illegal migration, also "revolves around the central theme of security," the PAP news agency reported.
Poland's lawmakers on Thursday approved a government plan to combine the parliamentary elections on October 15 with a nationwide referendum on issues including illegal migration.
In the parliamentary elections, Poles will head to the ballot box to elect 460 new MPs and 100 senators for a four-year term.
Kaczyński's ruling conservatives have maintained a clear lead over the opposition in most recent surveys, polling ahead of the centrist Civic Coalition (KO) and the far-right Confederation group.
The ruling conservatives in 2019 won a convincing victory over opposition parties at the ballot box, securing a second term in power.
(pm/gs)
Source: IAR, PAP