Morawiecki and Sasin have problems! The Prosecutor's Office issued a communication on them

Notification of the ultimate Chamber of Control (NIK), including concerning erstwhile Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, erstwhile Head of the Ministry of State Acts (MAP) Jack Sasin and another officials from the Chancellery of the president of the Council of Ministers (KPRM), were transferred to the prosecutor's office and are presently in the process of registration – said the spokesperson for the territory Attorney's Office in Warsaw, Proc. Szymon Banna.

On 21 March, the ultimate Audit Board presented the results of the audit on the acquisition of individual protective equipment in the context of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. These results show that the Prime Minister's office spent unprofitably, unreliablely and poorly close to PLN 200 million between 2020 and 2021.

NIK pointed out that a announcement was sent to the prosecution for persons straight active in the acquisition of individual protective equipment.

The notification concerns a possible offence of three. As the territory Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, Proc. Szymon Banna, said on Friday, the notification of the NIK delegation in Białystok went to the territory Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.

He added that the announcement refers to the anticipation of committing 3 crimes. The first concerns erstwhile Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, erstwhile head of the MAP Jack Sasin and another officials from the KPRM. The aim is to "command the State Treasury companies in order to implement actions related to the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic and to conclude contracts for the supply of individual protective equipment by these companies, which has led to harm to the public interest" - said Banna. He besides noted that the announcement refers to Article 231(1) and (3) of the Criminal Code.

Another suspicion of a crime concerns, as the spokesperson stated, the president of the Management Board of 1 of the companies of the Treasury. According to the allegations, the offence consisted of “imposing property harm by paying the contractual price to counterparties for individual protective equipment not complying with the required standards and by unduly failing to exercise the rights of the company due to improper performance of the contract.” The Ombudsman stressed that it was Article 296(1) of the Criminal Code.

The last suspicion of a crime concerns the negligence of the staff of the Material Reserve Agency "by providing authorised medical professionals with individual protective equipment that is incompatible with the required standards, which has led to harm to the public interest and poses an epidemiological threat". In this case, Articles 231 and 296(1) of the Criminal Code are referred to.

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Notification during registration

Currently, the notification is in the process of registration and circulation of papers – stated a typical of PAP, Banna, on Friday afternoon.

According to NIK information, in April 2020 the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers issued instructions on the acquisition of individual protective equipment for companies of the Treasury – KGHM and Lotos Group and the Agency for the improvement of manufacture SA. The Prime Minister's office, following these instructions, concluded contracts with these companies of the Treasury, which resulted in purchases worth almost half a billion PLN.

NIK assessed the activities of KPRM related to the implementation and financing of the instructions and contracts concluded with KGHM and the Lotos Group as almost PLN 190 million as unreliable, unprofitable and untargeted.

The Chamber indicated that before the Prime Minister gave instructions and concluded implementing agreements, The Ministry of State Act has clearly indicated to both companies what they are to get and from whom they are to acquire. At the same time, the hotel was to warrant the certified quality of the products purchased.

According to NIK, KGHM and Lotos were only to act as an intermediary who was to take over the hazard and work for purchases carried out under strict conditions.

The suppliers of individual protective equipment for KGHM and Lotos were 2 Polish companies indicated by MAP – Q. and K. no of them, as NIK reported, had previously specialized in the marketing of medical articles.

The first of the companies had previously dealt with defence-related solutions, and the second was founded shortly before the Wuhan pandemic, had minimal share capital, employed 2 people, and had never traded specified goods before.

NIK noted that the masks purchased by KGHM were many times more costly than those supplied by the Agency for Industrial Development. In addition, the Central Institute for Labour Protection – the State investigation Institute (CIOP) questioned the quality of nearly a million masks worth about PLN 109 million provided by KGHM.

During the inspection carried out by the NIK, the Agency for the Material Reserve, which received individual protective equipment at the request of the Prime Minister, did not have information to find which of them (including the quality in question) were utilized or remained in storage. According to the findings of the NIK, before the negative results of the quality studies carried out by CIOP were known, the Agency for Material Reserves released 410 protective suits and nearly 133,000 helmets provided by Lotos for use.

It is besides apparent from the findings of the home that, even though the Treasury companies brought in masks, helmets and protective suits at the request of the Prime Minister through companies designated by the Ministry of State Acts, the Prime Minister's office returned only any of the money spent for this intent to Lotos. Due to reasonable doubts about the quality of the materials purchased, KPRM did not regulate 48 percent of invoices of PLN 27.8 million, which in fact was a failure to the company. The product suppliers rejected the Lotus complaint in connection with the request to exchange defective products, and the company yet did not take any another action to prosecute its claims.

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