"I will sit at one table with the premier on issues people are waiting for, but I will not let anyone take away the prerogatives of the president," Nawrocki told private broadcaster Polsat on Thursday.
The Polish president is the head of state and has the power to veto legislation passed by parliament, a key prerogative in a country where traditionalists and liberals are bitterly divided.
Nawrocki, who is due to be sworn in on August 6, called Tusk's centrist-liberal government "bad" and said the prime minister should brace for a "strong pushback" from the presidential palace if he tries to bypass the head of state.
Security priorities
The conservative former head of the Institute of National Remembrance said his first security meeting would be with Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz to discuss a decline in army recruitment.
As commander-in-chief of Poland's armed forces, he wants at least 300,000 soldiers equipped with "the best gear."
He announced plans to create a "Breakthrough Technology Fund" and a new department for military innovation inside National Security Bureau, arguing that Poland "must not sleep through the technological revolution" and "deserves its own Silicon Valley."
Plans for US visit
Nawrocki said he hopes his first overseas trip will be to Washington, and that he will soon visit dozens of counties across Poland he missed during the campaign.
He told Polsat his first draft law would revive a stalled citizens’ bill on the Central Transport Hub, a flagship airport-rail project.
The president-elect also urged the government to accelerate ambassadorial appointments and "take greater care of public finances" at local level.
Poland, he said, is "split in two" and needs unity on security.
He signaled openness to an idea floated by opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński for a non-partisan caretaker government, calling it "a construct that could bring calm."
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Source: PAP