Daniel Obajtek, in an interview with Zero.pl, was asked about employing his friends in State Treasury companies. This includes: about the case of Zofia Paryła, an accountant from Pcim (Lesser Poland Voivodeship), who became the president of Lotos, or Elżbieta Bugaj, the wife of his partner, who became the president of Energa Obrót, and later PGNiG Termika in the Orlen Group.
“As president, I was responsible for the functioning of the company and I had the right to choose people. People I trusted. Now I do the same and I suspect I'm not the only one,” replies the former president of Orlen. Obajtek directly admits that his actions can be called “nepotism or cronyism.” He explains it by “the desire to work with those whose competences he is confident in.”
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Daniel Obajtek admits to nepotism. “I'd rather hire someone I've known for 30 years.”
“I'd rather hire someone I've known for 30 years and consider to be an outstanding professional than someone I don't know at all,” he says. In his opinion, what distinguishes him from other politicians is that he talks about it openly, while others “pretend it isn't so.”
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“And I admit that I employed friends. But only those with high professional competences and the required authorizations,” says the former president of Orlen. He claims that all the people he employed “did great.”
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Orlen reacts to the interview with Daniel Obajtek. “New, we didn't know”
Orlen's press office has already reacted to the publication of the Zero.pl website and posted a short comment on the X website. “New, we didn't know” – we read in the entry with an attached photo of the title of an article from 2023 about the employment of former art teacher Stanisława Kasprzycka as vice-president of PGNiG.
From 2012, she taught art and was the principal of a primary school near Myślenice, in Obajtek's hometown. Kasprzycka was also an active activist of Law and Justice – she ran for office, among others. in 2023 from PiS lists to the Sejm, but she did not win a seat.
