Another case is astounding and heated debate: the daughter of the Łódź province, Dorota Ryl, received over half a million zlotys from the National Reconstruction Plan for the construction of recreational cottages. The company owned by the company received support of PLN 538 674 per 4 year-round cottages for rent for organized groups and individual clients. This information immediately sparked a wave of questions and criticism, peculiarly in the context of the principles, intent and transparency of spending EU funds under the KPO.
The scale of this case goes far beyond 1 case – it is simply a symbol of a wider systemic problem. In fresh days, it has been revealed that the funds from the KPO have come to projects that do not look innovative or social but alternatively private and frequently luxurious. The government map of beneficiaries of the programs included entrepreneurs who spent subsidies on corporate yachts, solariums in pizzerias, mobile coffee machines, and even virtual shooting ranges or cabins on water.
Sociopolitical consequence was immediate. On social media and public debate, it got messy. This is simply a fragment of Marcelina Zawisza's comment:
"Hundreds of thousands of gold for yachts, saunas, ice cream machines, bridge platforms, and even for the introduction of short-term rental – that is what the funds from the KPO are for. It's a public theft of public money to go on innovation. Especially since the drug mill wasn't adequate anymore. After all, it is specified a scandal that the head is small.”
These words are not the only expression of outrage. net users and commentators, both from the opposition and from outside the political scene, draw attention to the absurdity of utilizing funds to support the transformation of the economy and innovation – for completely exotic purposes, as well as "emissionless motorboats". This way of spending public money raises questions about ethics, supervision and accountability of authorities.
In the background of this case, the name of the Łódź Voivodeship Dorota Ryl, powerfully connected with the Civic Platform, appears. Dorota Ryl herself, a postgraduate of the University of Buying School in Łódź, has been active in the administration and regional policy for years – from the Deputy Marshal of the voivodship, through the Vice-President of the Sejm, to the position of voivode since 2023. There is no direct confirmation that the voivode intervened on the daughter's grant, but the household political ties themselves increase the public's view of conflict of interest.
The situation is becoming more serious, as the National Recovery Plan, implemented by BGK among others, is intended to be an instrument for combating post-pandemic crises, promoting energy and digital transformation, and developing infrastructure and innovation. erstwhile the fund is utilized for purposes unrelated to its mission, its legitimacy falls and civic frustration grows.
However, there are also voices. any point out that the procedures for granting grants in the HoReCa sector (hotel-gastronomic-catering) which included grants to companies specified as the 1 run by the voivode's daughter were formalised and open – although they require thorough review. According to Andrzej Domański's finance minister, “any specified case must be explained”. Deputy Minister of Funds Jan Szyszko announced checks in the agencies distributing funds and looking at the strategy of sharpening and verifying applications.
Nevertheless, trust has been violated. There are increasingly voices that the substance requires not only clarification of a peculiar case but besides reforms that will prevent akin abuses in the future. Clear rules and controls are needed, greater transparency in the allocation of funds and severe penalties for fraud of public funds.
This article does not end with the discovery of the problem – it is inactive written. Will the monitor of unanimous social outrage lead to real change? Will the institutions liable for KPO take decisive action? And the most pressing question is: will public funds for reconstruction and the future proceed to be utilized in accordance with their purpose?
