It's time for a decision on Minister Dariusz Wieczorek. Today I will talk about it with the chairman of the New Left, announced Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Wirtualna Polska reported on Monday about deficiencies in Wieczorek's asset declaration. Earlier, journalists also found out that the minister disclosed the details of the whistleblower who provided him with information about irregularities at her university.
On Monday morning, the Prime Minister spoke on the matter Donald Tusk. “It's time to make a decision about Minister Dariusz Wieczorek. I will talk about it today with the chairman of the New Left,” he wrote on the X website.
Minister Wieczorek and the disclosed data of the whistleblower
On Thursday, Wirtualna Polska published an article about the minister, in which it said that “the head of the trade union at the University of Szczecin, Gabriela Fostiak, informed Dariusz Wieczorek about the irregularities that, in her opinion, are taking place at the university.” The woman allegedly asked the minister to remain anonymous. According to the portal, the minister personally delivered her letters to the rector, who was to inform the minister about “taking legal action” against the head of the unions.
On Friday, Wieczorek referred to the events described by WP. In his opinion, “we are not dealing with whistleblowers, especially if we are talking about the president of trade unions.” At the same time, he apologized to Gabriela Fostiak. The head of the Ministry of Science, asked by journalists whether he was considering resigning from his position, replied: – No, I am not considering it.
WP: irregularities in Wieczorek's asset declaration
On Monday, WP published another article about the Minister of Science. According to the portal, in the declaration of assets submitted on April 24, 2024, “it did not include a garage space worth approximately PLN 30,000 and a two-hectare plot worth several dozen thousand PLN.”
The Minister of Science – as noted by WP, citing Wieczorek's words – explains the mistake as a mistake and the fact that he entered the garage space in the previous statement. “He thought he didn't have to in the latest one,” the portal added.
“Everything indicates that the Minister of Science did not want to hide his assets, but simply did not complete the declaration correctly because he got the units of measurement wrong,” WP wrote. However, according to the lawyer interviewed by the journalists, this should not constitute a mitigating factor.
Wieczorek's statement
On Monday morning, Wieczorek issued a statement. In it, the minister apologized for the “unintentional errors” that appeared in his declaration of assets. He emphasized that as a politician with “left-wing sensitivity” he appreciated “the role of politicians' asset declarations for the transparency and honesty of public life.”
He also announced that he would supplement the missing information in the statement about the parking space belonging to the apartment owned by the politician.
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