I ask Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski if it is true that he has not fired Włodzimierz Karpiński from Metro Warszawskie and from Veolia, MS Deputy Head Sebastian Kaleta said Thursday.
Secretary of the capital of Warsaw Włodzimierz Karpiński, arrested and suspended, receives almost 10,000 a month. PLN gross, ie half of his current salary, according to information provided to PAP by City Hall spokesperson Monika Beuth. Last week, the press office of the city council informed PAP that “during the period of suspension, a municipal official will receive half of the salary to which he is entitled until the day of pre-trial detention”.
Politicians of Solidarity Poland, Secretaries of State for Justice and Climate and Environment Sebastian Kaleta and Jacek Dekora referred to this information during a press conference on Thursday.
Kaleta said that after Karpiński was arrested in connection with the “great garbage scandal”, it seems that he would lose the trust of the capital’s president Rafał Trzaskowski and his PO party colleagues.
This morning (Rafał Trzaskowski) said in Polsat that he trusted Karpiński and still trusts him. Donald Tusk and Tomasz Siemoniak spoke similarly. This is a clean rendering of what Sławomir Neumann once said that if someone is in the PO, whatever he does, he will be defended as independence
said Kale.
The deputy head of the Ministry of Justice also ruled that Karpiński is “probably the highest-earning arrested man in Poland”.
He was not dismissed from the post of city clerk in a disciplinary proceeding, which I believe was justified. He is suspended and 10,000 will be credited to his account while in custody. zloty
he said.
According to the information available on the websites of Metro Warszawskie and Veolia, Włodzimierz Karpiński is still a member of the supervisory boards of these companies. He supervises the heat of Warsaw and the Warsaw subway from prison, and of course receives a good salary for it. This is precisely Neumann’s doctrine: from their custody their people will rule Warsaw
– added. As he noted, to the best of his knowledge, these companies have not filed applications for changes to supervisory bodies in recent days.
Therefore, I ask Rafał Trzaskowski if it is true that he has not dismissed Włodzimierz Karpiński from Metro Warszawskie and from Veolia, if we have the right to appoint a member of the supervisory board as president of the city
said Kale.
Karpinski’s arrest
Włodzimierz Karpiński was detained in an investigation into contracting with the Warsaw municipal cleaning company. The former minister was president of this company in 2019-2021. In April 2021, he won the contest for city secretary. He heard allegations of taking bribes of almost PLN 5 million in connection with the selection process of companies participating in the waste collection process in Warsaw. He faces up to 12 years in prison. He was temporarily arrested. He pleads not guilty.
As part of the same investigation, he was arrested in early February, including Rafal Baniak. The former deputy finance minister also pleads not guilty – he was charged with leading an organized crime group and calling on influence. They are related to the conclusion of contracts with the Warsaw MPO worth PLN 600 million. There are a total of 14 suspects in this case.
The website of the Warsaw Metro lists Włodzimierz Karpiński as a member of the board of trustees. However, according to the information on Veolia’s website, he is the Vice Chairman of the Board.
In the asset declaration filed on April 28, 2022, Karpiński stated that he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Metro and Veolia Warszawa.
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Source: wPolityce