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Draft law to change military command system to be sent to Polish parliament

Xinhua, October 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

A draft law aiming to change the armed forces command system in Poland will be submitted to parliament by the end of this year, Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz told Polish public television TVP on Saturday.

One of the defence ministry's current priorities is to change the command system that was implemented by the previous government in 2014. The reform introduced two separate command centers, one for the time of war and the other for the time of peace, and took away the commanding role from the General Staff, which instead was tasked with strategic planning.

The present system is ambiguous with regard to the division of competences between the commanding bodies and prevents uniformity of command, according to Macierewicz.

Asked about the reform plans, Macierewicz said that the "draft law on the command system change will reach the Polish Sejm (lower house of parliament) by the end of the year".

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Friday discussed with Macierewicz the planned command changes with the staff of the Armed Forces Operational Command, one of the two supreme command bodies. Endit