2025-08-20 08:00
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2025-08-20 08:00
On Tuesday, the President of Krakow Aleksander Miszalski (PO) filed a lawsuit against the Confederation MP Konrad Berkowicz in connection with the parliamentarian's online entries that Miszalski has shares at 4 Travel, which received 138 thousand. PLN funds from KPO.
The President of Krakow announced that MP Berkowicz exceeded not only “the limits of good taste, but also the limits of truth.” On the platform X Miszalski wrote: “Meeting with the truth can be painful for the liar. I sue MP Berkowicz, because the truth must be defended!”
Miszalski demands an apology from Berkowicz, cessation of disseminating false information and a payment of 30,000. PLN for the Hospice of St. Lazarus.
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On August 8, Konrad Berkowicz posted entries on social platforms, in which he claims: “The brother of the President of Krakow, Aleksander Miszalski from PO, Henryk Miszalski together with the city president has a lot of shares in the 4 Travel company, which … received almost PLN 140,000 with the KPO subsidy. I understand that this company did not mean the prime minister, when he talked about returns today?” On August 11, the MP already informed in the past time that Miszalski had shares in a company that got 138 thousand. PLN from KPO and was its president last year. “But he wrote out of her before she received the money and shares … He took over his brother! So he demands an apology because he has nothing to do with it” – wrote about the President of Krakow, a confederation MP.
Miszalski, referring to the case on August 11, emphasized that his property declaration is publicly available and there is no shares in any company. He also noted that “decisions regarding granting subsidies are made in accordance with applicable law and on the basis of transparent criteria that are available to all interested.”
As the president reported, he learned about the subsidies from media reports. He explained that the 4 Travel company received a subsidy of 138 thousand. PLN as part of the General Support Program for the Tourist Sector in Lesser Poland, aimed at regional development and support of local enterprises in a difficult period after the pandemic.
“There is no connection between my public function and the decision to grant a subsidy,” said Aleksander Miszalski.
He added that the deputy chairwoman in the Commission for Assessment of Project in the Horeca program in Lesser Poland is Edward Szydło, husband of Beata Szydło. “Considering my” warm “relationship with Beata Szydło, I do not think that my name would work in favor of the application,” said the president of Krakow.
In the first half of August, users of Platforma X began to post examples of companies from the HoReCa industry (hotel industry, gastronomy), which received subsidies from KPO, including for company yachts, saunas, solariums, furniture replacement or the purchase of a virtual shooting range. The media also began to describe the matter.
The European Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) decided to initiate an investigation into the use of Polish KPO in the HoReCa sector, i.e. the tourism and gastronomic industry. (PAP)
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