The activities of the services focus on projects implemented by the Institute of Natural Fibers and Herbers, which is a state research unit subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture.
At the same time, the CBA detained a professor who managed the Institute since last year – when Czesław Siekierski was managed by the ministry. In July this year Stefan Krajewski replaced him as a minister. Both politicians represent the Polish People's Party.
Institute with large funds from KPO
Although the Institute of Natural Fibers and herbal plants is not one of the largest research units, as we read at wp.pl, He managed significant funds from the national reconstruction plan. These funds were to support innovation in the agricultural sector and the textile industry.
As part of the KPO, the Institute implemented two key projects: the creation of a modern center of agrotechnical analysis and research, agricultural raw materials, processes and bioproducts, for which about PLN 26.5 million was allocated, as well as a laboratory of modern biotechnological methods of plant breeding with co -financing of PLN 10.3 million.
Information about the detention of the director and searching at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was confirmed by the spokeswoman of the Ministry Iwona Pacholska. The Central Anti -Corruption Bureau also confirmed the detention, but the details sent to the West Pomeranian Prosecutor's Office of the Department of the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption in Szczecin. This has not yet answered questions from the editorial office of wp.pl.
The Department of Innovation, Digitization and Transfer of Knowledge, which was entered by CBA officers, as well as the Institute, are subject to Deputy Minister Adam Nowak, also a PSL politician. Iwnirz, like other institutes subordinate to the ministry, was under his supervision from the beginning of September.
Spending funds from KPO under the magnifying glass
The national reconstruction plan, which was to be a modernization impulse for the Polish Pandemic economy, has become the subject of serious controversy in recent months. As part of the program from which Poland is to receive over PLN 250 billion, cases of serious financial abuse have been disclosed, especially in the Horeca sector. WITHAmiaast investments in innovation, funds were to be allocated to the purchase of yachts, houses on the water, saunas, coffee machines, and even e-learning platforms for learning sports bridge.
The European Commission demanded explanations from Poland and announced the possibility of suspending funds if irregularities are confirmed. The Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy admitted that some of the projects could have been implemented in a “cunning” manner, without real social or economic value. Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that there would be no tolerance for waste and every zloty spent from KPO will be checked.
