“Rz” emphasises that during the erstwhile word of the Sejm, erstwhile Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (PiS) spent PLN 108,3 1000 on announcements and correspondence from funds allocated to the post office.
"However, as much as 98 percent of this amount, or 106.1 1000 PLN, was spent in 2023. In 2022 he did not allocate gold to correspondence and advertising, and in 2021 – PLN 2.2 thousand. This is 1 example of how much in 2023 the spending on correspondence and announcements, paid by Members of the public, went up,” says the newspaper.
The diary notes that MEPs receive PLN 23,3 1000 each period for their parliamentary offices, with the amount being regularly valued, e.g. in 2023 being PLN 19,000. "With this money, Members pay employees' salaries, rental costs and fuel for private cars, and the fact that there are amazing positions among expenditures is regularly reported by the media. For example, as early as October last year, we pointed to suspicious spending on correspondence and announcements,” says Rz.
The paper emphasizes that more information is available on this subject thanks to the political data analyst and the author of the Wideris News newsletter by Radosław Karbowski, who counted and analyzed the expenses from the offices of all MPs to examine whether a general trend took place in 2023. And it turned out to be. "In the election year, all Members spent PLN 10.4 million on correspondence and announcements, or about as much as in 2019–2022, erstwhile expenditure amounted to PLN 11.9 million. For example, in 2022, PLN 5.1 million went to advertisements and correspondence, little than a year later," says the journal.
Members' correspondence expenses. The leader spent over PLN 200 thousand
According to “Rz”, the leader turned out to be PiS MP Grzegorz Piechowiak, who spent as much as PLN 204.3 1000 for this intent in 2023, 10 times more than a year ago. On the podium there were besides 2 another PiS MPs: Jacek Żalek (203.7 1000 zł) and Waldemar Andzel (190.1 1000 zł), who besides multiplied spending in the election year compared to the erstwhile year.
"At the end of the regulation of PiS Piechowiak was Deputy Minister of improvement and Żalek – funds and regional policy, and among the leaders of spending on correspondence and announcements are besides the names of another influential PiS politicians. In addition to Mateusz Morawiecki, a erstwhile minister of the household Marlena Maląg, who spent PLN 158,6 1000 for this intent in 2023, twice as much as a year earlier. In general, PiS MPs dominate in the forehead of the list, although there are names from another clubs. For example, Adam Cyranski of KO spent PLN 151.5 1000 on announcements and correspondence in 2023, and his clubmate Tomasz Nowak – 127.5 thousand”, reads Rz.
