According to the latest study of the ultimate Chamber of Control, Karol Nawrocki did not settle fees of PLN 55.2 1000 for utilizing the guest room. NIK published a study on the implementation of the state budget by the National Memorial Institute in 2025. During the period under control, from 23 July 2021 to 5 August 2025, the current president of the IPN served as the President.
The auditors positively assessed the implementation by IPN 10 of the 12 erstwhile follow-up recommendations. However, the reservations afraid 2 unexecuted applications. The first referred to the expansion of the organization structure of the IPN Headquarters. According to the report, in 2025 over PLN 2 million were allocated to salaries of directors and vice principals of 5 offices, whose creation was contrary to the IPN Act.
The second advice afraid the investigation of fees for the usage of the guest area for the president of the IPN. According to the findings of the auditors, Karol Nawrocki, acting as the president of the Institute, utilized this area without charge. NIK indicated that rent charges, including media charges, were not charged and the full value of unexecuted fees amounted to PLN 55,2 thousand. According to the auditors, this was not in line with the current management rules.
Such a specificity of work
The IPN justified specified a solution by the nature of the President's function and the specificity of his work. It was pointed out that due to many representation duties, unstandardized working time and the necessity to carry out tasks both in the early morning and late evening, the president was able to usage the guest area in connection with the performance of his duties.
The decision to delegate an flat to the president was to delegate to the apiary of the body the tool essential for the performance of duties – the first deputy president of IPN argued.
Other irregularities
NIK besides identified another irregularities concerning the spending of the budget by the IPN in 2025.
At the Office of fresh External Technologies, the firm was entrusted with permanent legal services for PLN 423.5 thousand, even though the entity liable for legal assistance and public procurement was already operating in the IPN structure. The controllers besides questioned the spending of PLN 226,3 1000 on managing the website of the Office of fresh Technologies, despite the functioning and modernization of the main website of the IPN. Another 110 1000 PLN was allocated to the marketing agency to carry out activities on social media. NIK pointed out that these tasks were already part of the Section of Social Media operating in the Department of Social Communications of the Office of the president of IPN. The study besides indicates that between 2022 and 2025 IPN spent PLN 397 1000 in Washington to establish a facility called "Lech Kaczyński Press Corner". However, this entity was not included in the Institute's organisational structure. According to the NIK, this meant a breach of public spending rules.
