Will Voivode Tusk attack the Institute for the Heritage of National Thought? He decided to declare an important resolution invalid

On December 15, the Masovian Voivode, Mariusz Frankowski, declared the full resolution of the Otwock City Council of November 15, 2023 on running a cultural institution together with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, called the “Institute for the Heritage of the National Thinking,” named after Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski,” reported the Mazovia press team. This is one of the first decisions of the new voivode. The decision is most likely intended to deprive the Institute of funding in the next step – this was signaled by Marcin Kierwiński.

I asked the Mazovian Voivode, Mariusz Frankowski, to investigate a shocking issue, namely the issue of the Institute for the Heritage of National Thought

– noted Marcin Kierwiński, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration. He did not hide that the intention was to subsequently suspend funding for the Institute for the Heritage of National Thought.

Almost PLN 100 million, which in my personal opinion should have been allocated for this purpose for political issues, will be kept in the budget of the Ministry of Culture and will serve what is really needed.

– he said.

The Mazovian Voivode itself explained that the Otwock Municipal Council wrongly assumed that the above-mentioned resolution constituted an act of local law.

The Otwock City Council agreed to run a cultural institution together with the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, called the “Institute for the Heritage of National Thought”. Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski” as a common cultural institution. The resolution in question was adopted at the meeting of the Otwock City Council on November 15, 2023 and delivered to the Mazovia on November 16 of this year. Because the provisions of the resolution raised objections from the Voivode, the municipal council was informed of the start of a monitoring procedure. The supervisory decision was issued on December 15

— it was in the message sent.

It was explained that the grounds for invalidating the above resolution include, but are not limited to: incorrect statement by the Otwock City Council that it is an act of local law.

The incorrect classification of the resolution in question as an act of local law led to the incorrect determination of the date of its entry into force. Incorrectly determining the date of entry into force of a decision that is not an act of local law, thereby making its validity dependent on publication in the provincial government gazette, constitutes a significant violation of the law.

– added.

The voivode’s press team said that the correct content of the resolution should be consistent with legal provisions, and the procedure for its adoption should correspond to specific procedures.

It must also be consistent with formal and substantive requirements

– added.

It should be emphasized that this resolution contains a provision expressing a one-time action, namely permission to run a cultural institution jointly with the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, called the ‘Institute for the Heritage of National Thought’. Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski” as a common cultural institution, which is not a local law. In addition, in order for a decision to be classified as an act of local law, it must be general, abstract and generally applicable. The analysis of the document did not reveal the above guilds in the resolution of the Otwock city council

– explained the press department.

The announcement emphasized that, in accordance with the Law on Municipal Self-Government, the above-mentioned resolution constitutes an act of internal management of an initiatory nature.

These types of resolutions are resolutions that set the direction for further actions of the executive body and are to that extent binding on that body.

– added.

It was also communicated that this resolution does not contain any position of the Otwock City Council, which would form the basis for the desired actions of the President of Otwock in this regard, and contains only the typical position of the decision-making body of Otwock. the town of Otwock.

Kierwiński’s initiative

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, provided information about the voivode’s decision during a conference.

I asked the Mazovian Voivode, Mariusz Frankowski, to investigate the shocking issue of the Institute for the Heritage of National Thought. This is the famous resolution of the Otwock City Council in this regard. Today the voivode informed me that this decision has been withdrawn under the monitoring procedure

– said Kierwiński.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration emphasized that this decision of the voivode could be the basis for terminating the contract.

I am deeply convinced that this will be the case. But these are the decisions of the Minister of Culture, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz

– added.

Almost PLN 100 million, which in my personal opinion should have been allocated for this purpose for political issues, will be kept in the budget of the Ministry of Culture and will serve what is really needed.

– he assessed.

In November, the Otwock City Council adopted a resolution on the joint operation of the Institute of the Heritage of National Thought. Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

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