"The Polish armed forces must be equipped to the highest standard as soon as possible, so one of the proposed changes to the constitution is excluding expenditure on the army and armaments from the public debt threshold," Piotr Müller told reporters.
He said the government was also seeking changes to the constitution to enable the confiscation of assets of Russian oligarchs and companies that support Russia's war against Ukraine.
The money could be spent on humanitarian aid, Müller told reporters.
He added that the government also wanted to impose extra taxes on companies that continue their operations in Russia despite its aggression against Ukraine.
"Talks about these issues have started and we hope our proposals will be approved," Müller said. "We are open to discussions."
He was speaking as the Polish prime minister was meeting with opposition politicians in Warsaw on Monday to explore ways to freeze and seize Russian assets in the country, according to officials.
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Friday greenlighted a plan to modernise and expand the country's armed forces into one of the strongest in NATO amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
Duda signed the homeland defence bill into effect after it was fast-tracked through parliament and overwhelmingly approved by both houses of the country's bicameral legislature, state news agency PAP reported.
Under the law, Poland plans to set aside at least 3 percent of its GDP for defence starting next year, up from 2.2 percent in 2022, but this increase could result in exceeding budgetary thresholds enshrined in the constitution, news agencies reported.
The government needs to secure support from other political parties for its proposals because any changes to Poland's constitution require a two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament and an absolute majority in the opposition-dominated upper house, the Reuters news agency reported.
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Source: PAP, Reuters