The Marshal’s Office of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship could unduly grant almost one million zlotys in subsidies to one of the Mazovian films, the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin informed us on Monday. It was on the order of the investigators of this unit that the CBA agents entered the office in Kielce on Friday, March 24. The officers seized the documents, which will now be analyzed.
On Friday (March 24) at the request of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau entered the Office of the Marshal of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship in Kielce. As the investigators informed us on Monday, the agents secured documentation on one of the procedures carried out by this office in 2017-2019.
Prosecutor’s office: it’s about possible undue granting
Prosecutor Andrzej Jeżyński, spokesman for the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin, emphasized in an interview with tvn24.pl that the proceedings are still at an early stage. No one has been charged so far.
– It is about one of the procedures that was carried out in 2017-2019 and according to the materials we have had so far, there may have been a number of irregularities in one of the procedures. As a result, one of the beneficiaries, a company based in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, was paid an undue subsidy in the amount of about PLN 900,000 – said Jeżyński.
The prosecutor added that the investigators now have to “analyze the content and assess the evidentiary value” of the collected documentation.
Former marshal: I have nothing to hide
On Friday, the Marshal’s Office itself informed about the activities of the CBA in Kielce. The institution’s spokesman, Przemysław Chruściel, said then that the activities consisted in securing documentation and electronic data carriers on one of the projects implemented on the basis of co-financing from the European Union.
According to unofficial information from PAP, the agents were also supposed to secure, among others, e-mail boxes of former and current employees of the office, e.g. former marshal in the years 2006-2018 Adam Jarubas (Polish People’s Party).
– I have nothing to hide – said MEP Adam Jarubas when asked by PAP about the control of officers. He added: – I have not received any notification that there are proceedings that would concern me in any way. I hope that the case will be dealt with in accordance with certain principles and not with a political aim. I’m not sure if it’s not done on the principle: “give a man, and a paragraph will be found.”
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