Campaign More crucial Than Forest
According to information from the Ministry of Justice, Kubica requested funds to support the Fire Service Volunteers in his constituency. He obtained the most backing in 2023 erstwhile he ran unsuccessfully for MP. Being the manager of the State Forests, Kubica became celebrated for his ability to rise public funds to meet his political goals. As a politician of Sovereign Poland he was besides protected by Zbigniew Ziobra.
Since taking office as manager in 2021, The State Forests achieved evidence revenues, mainly thanks to mass logging. Annually, even PLN 3 billion was transferred to the Forest Fund, which financed organization billboards and road investments in the electoral districts of Sovereign Poland. At the same time, only 0.4% of gross was allocated to nature conservation.
In 2023, the “Tree – natural material of all time” picnics organized by the Regional Directorate of State Forests in Katowice were held, from where Kubica went to the Directorate-General. 31 picnics were organized, promoted with posters with the image of Kubica. More than half of them took place in the Gliwice district, where Kubica ran for the Sejm in October 2023.
Picnics Richly
The Śląski KO MPs tried to find out how much the costs of picnics were, but unsuccessfully. They were not even allowed into the building of the Directorate General of State Forests. The amounts were not disclosed until Joseph Kubica was recalled and Witold Koss was appointed to replace him.
The cost message of 31 picnics shows that a full of PLN 2,953 472,56 was spent on them. This in turn means that the average cost of 1 picnic was about PLN 100 thousand. manager Koss reported that the funds for picnics came from the Forest Fund.
After the cancellation of Kubica and the end of the era of “ziobrists” in the State Forests, the fresh management announced an audit and settlement of predecessors. Climate and environment minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska described spending as a immense waste of money. In an interview with the Money.pl portal, she announced that they would turn to a squad of prosecutors working on the Justice Fund to analyse the case, as the mechanisms utilized in the Forest Fund were very akin to those in the Justice Fund.
Link to the Justice Fund
The Justice Fund, managed by Ziebra supporters, besides benefited Joseph Kubica, which was discovered comparatively recently. The Ministry of Justice published a study on the funds allocated from the Justice Fund between 2019 and 2023 outside the average recruitment or competition. Under the Justice Fund Regulation, grants could be granted at the discretion of the Minister of Justice in justified cases.
According to the Ministry, Józef Kubica submitted 27 applications for grants for a full amount of over PLN 6.5 million. 18 applications were successfully examined, all concerning support for Fire Service Volunteers in constituency No 29, from where Kubica ran for the Sejm. In this way, he gained over PLN 2.6 million, most of which, PLN 1.5 million, in the election year 2023. 5 proposals were accepted in 2020, 3 in 2021 and 1 in 2022.
The data analysis besides shows that the funds from the Justice Fund were most likely linked to constituency, where the members of Sovereign Poland were candidates, including erstwhile members of the United Right Government. Most grants, as PLN 19 million, were awarded in territory 7 covering Chełm.
