Money from the KPO through the HoReCa industry (hoteling, gastronomy) was to be issued, among others to buy yachts and furniture. Therefore, the Ministry of Funds announced the controls, and the prosecutor's office has already undertaken checking activities. Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized that he expected quick decisions and collecting funds in the event of abuse.
Nawrocki referred to the Republika television. – We see today very clearly how these funds from the KPO were distributed, it is disturbing that purchases were carried out from it, or espresso machines, yachts, or saunas and solariums. On behalf of Polish women and Poles, Polish families say that funds are needed to release from the income tax of Polish families, parents of two and more children – said the president.
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Pełczyńska-Nałęcz: This is less than 0.5 percent
Platform X users on Thursday evening began to post examples of companies from the HoReCa industry that 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 case on Friday.
On Friday before noon, the deputy minister of funds and regional policy Jan Szyszko announced the initiation of entrepreneurship development by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), which supervises the spending of this money, additional inspections that will check “every zloty” issued as part of the investment for the HoReca industry. He admitted that information about irregularities to the management of the MFIPR arrived a few weeks ago and in connection with them from their position at the end of July, the previous PARP president Katarzyna Duber-Stachurska was dismissed.
The Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz on Friday evening on platform X assured that repair activities were taken two weeks ago. In addition to the dismissal of the PARM head, the minister pointed to inspections carried out in institutions that were responsible for the selection of beneficiaries, including at the Rzeszów Regional Development Agency, whose “representatives state today that there is no problem.” “This approach is unacceptable and appalling,” she emphasized.
Pełczyńska-Nałęcz added that the controversial program is Less than 0.5 percent the entire KPO And applies to small and medium -sized enterprises who have suffered during the Covid pandemic.
