The company with which I signed a contract for the supply of respirators was recommended by the Intelligence Agency, and then positively assessed by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau – said Janusz Cieszyński, Minister of Digital Affairs, on TVN24. In his opinion, “there is no reason to apologize” for this controversial transaction.
He was a guest of “Piasecki’s Conversation” on Monday Janusz Cieszyńskiwho in early April became the Minister of Digitization.
The conversation concerned, among other things cases of purchasing ventilators from an arms dealer in 2020. Cieszyński – then as deputy health minister – was responsible for this controversial transaction. E&K failed to fulfill the order, did not deliver a thousand devices and still did not return tens of millions of zlotys.
– The E&K company was recommended by one of the special services. by the Intelligence Agency. Then, in accordance with the procedure that was adopted, I obtained a positive opinion of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau – he said.
Janusz Cieszyński in “Piasecki’s Conversation”TVN24
– And why did we decide to buy this at all? Because we had a clear expert opinion on this particular transaction, this particular equipment. We had the opinion of Professor Radosław Owczuk, who was a national consultant for anaesthesiology and intensive care – added Cieszyński.
He later said that “we were buying this equipment at a time when it was not available, and the purchase of this equipment was recommended by a national consultant.” – I signed a contract with a contractor who was verified by the institutions responsible for verifying the credibility of entities. I signed a contract for the goods that were needed at the time. In my opinion, there is no reason to apologize here – said the minister.
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