“The private companies included in the project did not agree to change the provisions of the agreement so that the state could control Polska Amunicja and so that it would be able to build an ammunition factory in Poland,” he writes. onet.pl. – We, as an agency, presented our position in a letter to the private party, i.e. the technology investor. In response, we heard that they did not accept the proposed changes that were to secure the construction of the factory. There were supposed to be further talks, but on Tuesday or Wednesday the company received a letter that the holding wants to buy our shares. We will now look into this – the informant told the service.
Another interviewee from the Industrial Development Agency (ARP) added: “What we care about most is securing our basic interest, which is the construction of an ammunition factory in Poland. This is why this company was supposed to be established, but the content of the agreement does not guarantee that this factory will be built.”
Will Polska Ammunition go bankrupt? “The company is pointless”
According to onet.pl, the ammunition factory project, which was initiated by the previous government of Mateusz Morawiecki, may fall apart. – If we cannot change the provisions of the agreement, and the one we have is unacceptable, then this company is pointless from the point of view of its further functioning. Moreover, it does not have the competence to produce ammunition – assessed one of the interviewees.
One of the soldiers stated that Polska Ammunition was supposed to be, above all, “easy money, guaranteed by a political team – Michał Dworczyk, former head of Morawiecki's office and Paweł Poncyljusz, who reached an agreement with people from Prime Minister Donald Tusk”. – Fortunately, this time, there are many indications that the heist on the state treasury was unsuccessful – he emphasized in an interview with onet.pl.
Polska Ammunition has a new boss. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz comments
Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz expressed his conviction that Paweł Poncyljusz, the new head of Polska Amunicja, will improve the operation of this entity. He added that the company's operations are being checked by state services. Kosiniak-Kamysz said in mid-August on Program 1 of Polskie Radio that the main accusations against Polska Amunicja concern the lack of efficiency.
In the first half of 2023, then-Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki established a government program called the National Ammunition Reserve, aimed at building a factory producing 155-millimeter ammunition. The company Polska Amunicja, established by the government's Industrial Development Agency and three private entities with no experience in this field, was designated to carry out this goal.
As onet.pl wrote, a week before the previous government was dismissed, Morawiecki signed a secret resolution ordering the purchase of missiles worth PLN 12 billion from the new company. The current management of the Ministry of National Defense questions these decisions and believes that the interests of the State Treasury have not been properly secured.