The scandal around the Justice Fund is growing. The D.A. accuses Zbigniew Ziobry's people of turning the peculiar fund into a organization electoral treasury. fresh light on this mechanics is cast by emails revealed by Onet. The character of the correspondence is Maria Kurowska, MP from Podkarpacie and 1 of the most faithful defenders of the erstwhile minister of justice.
In the news of July 24, 2020, addressed to Tomasz Mraz (the then manager of the FS Department), Kurowska makes it clear: "I beg you very much not to sign any agreements with the Commons without consulting me in Jasielski and Krosnoński district". It is these districts that form the core of her constituency.
100,000. "on the phone" for the hospital
Correspondence shows that the MP was not limited to generals. In an email dated 13 May 2020, Deputy Minister Marcin Romanowski pointed out 3 circumstantial hospitals (two in Rzeszów, 1 in Krosno) and explicitly demanded support: "I am asking for 100,000 for each of them." The deputy minister's reaction was fast – he gave the message further with the note: "Three more hospitals to implement".
Kurowska besides actively monitored the process of awarding grants to the Volunteer Fire Service, which in its territory received a full of about PLN 3.7 million. In her e-mails, she asked for the position of the applications: "Is the issue of the application from the Peaches on the wallpaper?" and urged officials, citing the findings with the "Mr chief" (probably Marcin Romanowski). Interestingly, the town of Brzostek, which she so sought, lies outside her constituency, but is her birthplace.
Pots, grills and envy
The mechanics revealed by Onet journalists was translated into reality. The messenger regularly appeared at the handing out of equipment that formally funded the ministry. In the summertime of 2023, just before the elections, in the municipality of Skłoszyn (Jasielski County) Kurowska personally assisted in the transfer of kitchen equipment – from pots to grills – to the Circles of the Housewives worth PLN 20 thousand.
Despite revealing these practices, Maria Kurowska firmly defends her actions. During the fresh parliamentary squad meeting, the accusations against the Sovereign Environment of Poland called 'the envy'. She convinced that the money came from criminals, and thanks to Ziobra's "strong pursuit" of money, the pool of funds was large and allowed to fund "many things needed". The messenger did not answer the journalists' questions about the revealed emails.
The Justice Fund was expected to aid victims of rape, home force or accidents. Meanwhile, it became a organization vault from which pots, grills and fire trucks in circumstantial districts were paid.
