Wands with the name of the Warmian-Masurian Voivode were distributed to local government officials as a symbol of co-financing for construction and road repairs. An unusual way of awarding funding has also become the subject of correspondence and dispute with the Polish press agency.
The Warmian-Masurian voivode presented funding for road construction and renovation in a rather unusual way. The wand was on the slogan: “The miracle of infrastructure”, and “The miracle worker” was mentioned by name – Radosław Król, the Voivode of Warmian -Masurian.
– The wands handed during the event were a kind of symbol, a tool that was not so much to cover reality, but to emphasize infrastructure needs – explains Szymon Tarasewicz from the Warmian -Masurian Voivodship Office in Olsztyn.
The wands cost PLN 750. – Let this wand symbolize this miracle, which will be departed just before your eyes – said the voivode during the ceremony.
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At the end of the ceremony, in thanks for the “conjured” money, the gifted money waved. The head of the Grodziczno commune also got a wand. – Nobody told anyone to wave. Of course, it was voluntary. Some, of course, stood for this, but here the promotional effect on this occasion I think it was actually preserved – assures Tomasz Szczepański.
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A dispute about e -mail from PAP
Unexpectedly, the Warmian-Masurian Voivode also convened a conference to show an email he accidentally got from the Polish Press Agency on the wands. – A journalist of the Polish Press Agency writes to the second PAP journalist that I have to laugh at Poland – said Radosław Król and at the same time appealed to look at the case. – While guarding the media honesty, I appeal to the leadership of the Polish Press Agency and to the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for immediate drawing of consequences – he added. The management draws the consequences. He kindly reminds the voivode that “revealing correspondence, which is not an addressee, constitutes a violation of law. The message about the wands meets the agency standards of impartiality.”
Source of the main photo: Warmian-Masurian Voivodship Office in Olsztyn