The restructuring PKP Cargo and the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office announced that in the case concerning the coal decision, the management of the case has been transferred to the CBA Branch in Warsaw.
“At the same time, we would like to point out that PKP Cargo w restrukturyzacji (under restructuring), as the notifying party, closely and continuously cooperates with the relevant law enforcement authorities as part of the above procedures,” the company said in a statement.
Coal decision at PKP Cargo
As we reported, the Public Prosecutor’s Office initiated an investigation into non-compliance with duties and abuse of power at PKP Cargo in the period from July 25, 2022 to July 31, 2023.
The case concerns the so-called coal decisionnamely, taking measures to implement the Prime Minister’s decision without prior conclusion of an agreement with the Minister of State Property and issuing a resolution of the board of directors of PKP Cargo, as a result of which major material damage was caused in the form of loss of income from contracts with other entities and loss of expected benefits.
– PKP Cargo is still suffering from the negative effects of the so-called Mateusz Morawiecki coal decision of July 2022 and the way it was implemented by the then PKP Cargo board of directors. He directed the rolling stock of PKP Cargo to transport coal from the Baltic ports. This was done at the cost of abandoning other commercial and profitable orders. Therefore, in this case, in June this year, the current board of directors of PKP Cargo filed a notification with the Public Prosecutor’s Office about the suspicion of committing a crime to the detriment of the Company by members of the Board of Directors in 2022-2023; joke. 296 § 3 of the Criminal Code, mismanagement and non-compliance on a large scale, which led to huge losses and problems in the Company that continue to this day – commented Marcin Wojewódka, interim president of PKP Cargo under restructuring.
Compensation for coal decision
PKP Cargo recently appealed, together with the trade unions, to the Minister of State Assets regarding the payment of compensation for the coal decision. This payment was denied to the company. And – as the company argued – it should have allowed the restructuring to be completed and a significant number of jobs saved.
The MAP reported that there is no basis for the Minister of State Assets to sign an agreement with PKP Cargo based on the decision issued by the Prime Minister on 25 July 2022. According to the Ministry of State Assets, it should be noted that the transport costs referred to in the decision were fully covered by PKP Cargo.
