“During his first days as president, the Minister of Finance presented prizes worth almost PLN 3.9 million. Who exactly received bonuses? The Ministry of Finance does not reveal the names,” money.pl said.
Transparency comparable to the coalition of December 13
According to the information collected by the portal, within the first two weeks after being sworn in, the current Minister of Finance, Andrzej Domański, as one can explain, had reasons to allow the payment of prizes worth PLN 3.87 million gross from public funds to know. funds.
This may be surprising given that Andrzej Domański, as money.pl recalls, called for transparency in public finances in October 2023, when he was still an MP. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department is not disclosing the names: who received the awards and what was the justification?
It took the ministry a month to answer the above question from the editors of money.pl.
A request to provide justification for granting awards to specific employees does not constitute public information
– it was written.
Easy to spend, harder to justify
Moreover, we also heard that preparing answers to the questions “would entail the involvement of excessive human resources and time in the Ministry of Finance, which would disrupt the performance of the basic tasks assigned by employees.” Preparing the answer requires searching for data, preparing an appropriate summary, verification and calculations.
– we read on the website.
After two months of pressuring the Ministry of Finance regarding the awards and their beneficiaries, the Ministry of Finance has released some details. Bonuses were paid to 1,203 people: from PLN 10,000. up to PLN 500 gross “in connection with additional tasks for employees” and from PLN 37,000 to PLN 330.60 gross “within EU funds (e-Tax Office project)”.
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Source: wPolityce
Emma Matthew is a political analyst for “Social Bites”. With a keen understanding of the inner workings of government and a passion for politics, she provides insightful and informative coverage of the latest political developments.