Piotr Patkowski became president of the Polish Agency for Audit Supervision

Patkowski resigns, but takes a fresh position

The Polish Audit Supervisory Agency has been acting as a public oversight body for statutory auditors and audit firms since 1 January 2020. The Agency has large powers, including the anticipation to deprive the audit firm of the right to audit financial statements, which late happened to the Polish branch of Deloitte.

Business Insider Polska notes that Marcin Obronecki, the current president of the agency, resigned on Monday, even though his word of office does not end until March 2024. Reasons for resignation have not been given.

Recently, the management of the Ministry of Finance has changed. Piotr Patkowski, erstwhile Deputy Minister, left his post. According to information obtained by Business Insider from 2 independent sources Patkowski was to become president of the Polish Agency for Audit Supervision. As it turned out now, that information was true.

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The president of this institution is appointed by the Minister of Finance, and this position is simply a word of office. The decision is taken by the current cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki, even though he formally resigned his government on Monday. Business Insider suggests that the PiS organization may want to fill the position of president of the Polish Agency for Audit Supervision for the next 4 years with its man before he loses power. This could explain the departure of Marcin Obronecki, whose word of office would have ended shortly enough. It should besides be noted that the fresh president will be irrevocable until 2027.

Piotr Patkowski. Approximation of policy

Patkowski was already controversial from the beginning of his presence in politics. In 2020, a 29-year-old law postgraduate gained publicity erstwhile he took up the position of Deputy Finance Minister and Chief Ombudsman of Public Finance Discipline. As 1 of the youngest members of the government, he became celebrated for respective loud speeches.

Patkowski is simply a postgraduate of law at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. In 2019 he ran unsuccessfully for parliament from the list of PiS in Lublin. Before taking office, the Deputy Minister of Finance was a associate of the Political Office of Mateusz Morawiecki, erstwhile he was besides Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of improvement and Finance. In the summertime of 2020 Patkowski took over the supervision of the Macroeconomic Policy Department, which previously was straight subject to the Minister of Finance Tadeusz Kościński. The Department was liable for providing sound analyses to guarantee the sustainability of public finances, as well as developing macroeconomic data on which the country's budget was built.

Former Deputy Minister of Finance Piotr Patkowski became head of the Polish Agency for Audit Supervision (PANA) – the agency forwarded on its website.https://t.co/9uHHZ9aYOO

— TVN24 BiS (@TVN24BiS) November 14, 2023

Unfortunate Speeches

Patkowski frequently attracted attention with his statements. In an interview with net tv “Independent Lublin” in September 2019, he stated that the Law and Justice organization is simply a mediate class party, and most members of the Polish mediate class dream of earning PLN 4,000 gross.

Patkowski besides said that he represents "modern conservatism", explaining the current as "a strong attachment to tradition, patriotism, but besides to a welfare state that does not leave the citizens alone, but supports them and helps everyone to accomplish equal opportunities".

Prior to taking up the position of Deputy Minister of Finance of Politics in an interview with Television, the Republic stated that the Law and Justice Government “has done 2 financial wonders”. The first is to introduce the 500 plus programme and reduce the retirement age without expanding the deficit. The second miracle, in his view, is to accomplish the budget balance, or spend as much as possible.

I haven't heard specified a stupid speech in a while. Mr Piatkowski seems not to be reading the opinion of psychologists about the harm he does together with @BlackP Our children. I'm not going to mention problems with custody. 🤦‍♂️

— Dariusz Konrad 🇵🇱 (@chakdar) April 6, 2021

It is besides worth going back to the period of the coronavirus pandemic erstwhile Patkowski said the following words:

There are industries that will peculiarly feel the effects of coronavirus. We dedicate the actions proposed by the Prime Minister to them today. Among the solutions is the anticipation of refurbishment. The point is that the fresh form of economical activity that they will undertake will supply opportunities for improvement and making money.

This message caused an avalanche of negative comments, and many netizens compared it with the equally unfortunate message of Bronisław Kominski from 2015. At the time, the president, as part of the gold council, judged that it was best to take credit and change jobs.