The Ministry of Justice under Ziobry was indecently gratifying friendly law firms

The Ministry of Justice, which has its own army of lawyers, has spent millions on the services of friendly law firms, writes Onet after an analysis of the list of civilian law contracts published in July.

It analysed more than 4,000 civilian law contracts concluded between 2019 and 23 by the Ministry of Justice with external entities. The registry was published in July on MS pages.

Image and Wages Policies

According to the portal, 216 1000 PLN earned for “image policy activities” of the erstwhile head of the ministry previously employed in it the manager of communication and promotion Rafał Drzewiecki. The beneficiary was besides an activist of Solidarne Poland, present MP PiS Dariusz Matecki. The hotel concluded with him subsequent agreements all six months to "support the press department at the Communication and Promotion Office of MS in shaping the image of the Ministry of Justice in social media, including Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram".

Eldorado for Friendly Chancellery

According to the portal, the governments of Zbigniew Ziobra in the hotel proved to be a actual Eldorado for the Law Offices of Law, which, despite being employed in the ministry of judges, prosecutors, and a number of lawyers, were utilized to power.

According to the publication, almost a million zlotys in cooperation with the Ministry earned the law firm of the erstwhile assistant of Ziebra, Maciej Zaborowski. Another law firm, Lech Obary earned close to PLN 600,000 in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice in 2019-2023. A small more, due to the fact that 613 1000 went to the account of the firm owned by Mr Tomasz Darkkowski. As the portal emphasizes, Darkowski was the author of the legal opinions ordered by the Ministry of Ziobry, including those concerning the transmission of electoral data by the municipalities to the Polish Post Office, to organise the alleged envelope elections in 2020.

Answers to Controversy

Lech Obara in consequence to Onetu's questions stressed that his firm never represented Zbigniew Ziobra as a private person. And the majority of her orders are due to work for the Warsaw Reprivatisation Commission. Similarly, Tomasz Darkowski answered Onetu's questions.

Agreements with the offices of Lech Obara and Tomasz Darkkowski, according to their declarations, are continued by the current authorities of the Ministry of Justice.

Summary

Onetu's article reveals how the Ministry of Justice, despite having a large number of its own lawyers, spent crucial amounts on services of law firms associated with PiS policies. Controversy around these expenditures and personnel connections raises questions about the transparency and legitimacy of specified financial decisions in a public institution.

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