THE 500 plus in the form of a voucher Jadwiga Emilewicz she said during an interview with Mateusz Ratajczyk in the program “Money. It counts”. – Certainly this is the path we want to follow – said the Deputy Prime Minister, answering the question about the possibility of paying the benefit in the form of a voucher.
500 plus in the form of a voucher? Jadwiga Emilewicz translates her words
Statement Jadwiga Emilewicz quickly caused widespread indignation. Benefit payment suggestion 500 plus in the form of a voucher criticized, among others government spokesman Piotr Müller and former prime minister Beata Szydło. – Family 500 plus program in the form of “vouchers” is a very bad idea and is not justified. Introducing such ideas into public debate undermines the trust between the PiS government and citizens. It presses on your lips: Let us not go this way! – Szydło wrote on Twitter.
Criticism from his own political camp made the minister Emilewicz she backed off her words. – The 500 plus program is one of the most important social programs implemented by the government of the United Right. It is also the result of Beata Szydło’s personal determination. We all see its positive impact on Polish families and our economy. That is why we do not intend to change anything in it – Emilewicz explained her statement.
Left-wing parliamentarians submitted an interpellation on the deputy prime minister’s statement
The deputies also reacted to the suggestion of Deputy Prime Minister Emilewicz Left: Marcelina Zawisza, Magdalena Biejat, Adrian Zandberg, Daria Gosek-Popiołek and Paulina Matysiak. A group of parliamentarians submitted an interpellation to the Prime Minister.
The MPs ask whether Jadwiga Emilewicz’s statement is consistent with the position of the government and whether the Council of Ministers “is taking any actions aimed at replacing the financial form of the childcare benefit (500 plus) with a voucher?”
“The needs of children and young people are very diverse – they can be, for example, the purchase of food, clothing or electronic equipment, participation in culture, tourist trips in the country and abroad, enabling the child to care for an animal or supporting civic initiatives, saving for studies, social outings. with peers, etc. ” – we read in the parliamentary interpellation.
“The use of the form of the voucher would certainly make it impossible to satisfy them. Therefore, maintaining the financial form of the 500+ child benefit seems to be the optimal solution” – say the deputies.
