Let us recall: at the end of July, PKP Cargo and trade unionists sent a letter to Donald Tusk regarding the payment of compensation for the costs incurred by the national giant in transporting 4.5 million tons of coal.
As reported in the letter, the correct and timely execution of the indicated transportations resulted in the need for significant resource commitment by PKP Cargo and the cancellation of some of the existing contracts, which resulted in material damage – loss of significant revenues and expected benefits.
The compensation payment was intended to complete the restructuring and protect “a significant number of jobs at PKP Cargo and its subsidiaries”.
The Ministry of State Assets is responsible for PKP Cargo
Despite everything, the Ministry of State Heritage did not agree to pay compensation.
“Both the Sanitation Administrator and the Board of Directors of PKP Cargo SA under restructuring note with regret the position of the Ministry of State Assets regarding the lack of a legal basis for the payment of compensation to PKP Cargo SA for the implementation of the so-called coal decision,” we read in the statement.
In a press release sent to the Polish Press Agency, MAP announced that there are no grounds for the Minister of State Assets to sign an agreement with PKP Cargo based on the decision issued by the Prime Minister on July 25, 2022. According to the Ministry of State Assets, it should be stated that the transport costs referred to in the decision were fully covered by PKP Cargo.
“On 25 July 2022, then Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki issued a decision instructing PKP Cargo to transport by rail coal purchased and imported to Poland by PGE Paliwa and Węglokoks. The coal transportation costs incurred by PKP Cargo were fully paid by the purchasing companies. PKP Cargo also confirmed that it had earned revenue in this regard – MAP stressed”, reads the PAP statement.
As reported in “DGP”, the company’s situation deteriorated rapidly due, among other things, to the aforementioned decision on coal.
– The implementation of this idea by the then management was worse than terrible. Existing customers who, for example, ordered the transport of aggregates were not served and lucrative contracts were abandoned almost overnight, switching almost exclusively to coal. The company lost lucrative and promising contracts, and customers were permanently offended by PKP Cargo. As a result, the company lost tens or even hundreds of millions of zlotys. – said Marcin Wojewódka, interim president of PKP Cargo.
PKP Cargo board of directors names culprits
In the statement regarding MAP’s negative decision, the board of directors of PKP Cargo indicates who caused the company’s “tragic situation”.
“The employees of PKP Cargo SA and their families were cruelly deceived by activists of the Law and Justice party, namely Mr. Mateusz Morawiecki, Mr. Jacek Sasin, Mr. Dariusz Seliga and Mr. Marek Olkiewicz and others who, with their extremely irresponsible decisions, brought our Company to the brink of bankruptcy”, reads the statement.
Meanwhile, at the same time, United Right politicians comment on the X website that PKP Cargo will be sold to the German railways.
“More than 4,000 people are losing their jobs at PKP Cargo, and the entire operation is probably a prelude to the liquidation of the company and to make way for German railways. We recall that PKP Cargo carries out, among other things, transports to Poland, Army and NATO troops,” wrote Mariusz Błaszczak.
