As stated by "Gazeta Wyborcza", Edward Szydło sat on a committee to measure whether or not a given entity would receive a grant from the KPO. Thus, he was to decide to spend almost PLN 600 million for companies operating in 3 provinces: Małopolska, Podkarpackie and Świętokrzyskie.
Husband of Szydło and his function in KPO
"Election" states that in 2023, while the United Right inactive ruled Poland, the Association for the School of Management and Trade in Oświęcim submitted a call for partners to implement the task financed by the KPO.
The Malopolska Regional improvement Agency in Krakow, which was to accept applications, measure them and sign contracts and monitor their implementation, selected the Association as its partner. His vice president is Edward Szydło, the husband of erstwhile Prime Minister Beata Szydło.
Details of the process of awarding specified grants by the said organisations were explained in an interview with Mariusz Bednarz, president of the Rzeszów Regional improvement Agency. At the outset, he mentioned that each application had been checked by 2 experts.
– 1 assessed formally, the another – substantively. The number of points awarded in the substantive assessment determined the place on the list," Bednarz said.
Journalists learned that "the list was yet approved by members of the Committee on Assessment of Undertakings from a given region in which 1 of the Vice-Presidents was Szydło". “The vice-presidents are representatives of the partners,” said Mariusz Bednarz at the end.
Let us remind you that a fewer days ago there was a scandal about grants from the KPO for the alleged HoReCa sector. The funds were to be utilized for innovation, while the map on the KPO website shows that entrepreneurs utilized them for yachts, cottages on water or coffee machines. This has caused considerable outrage in society.
