During a session focused on the municipal budget and accountability, the Warsaw City Council faced intense scrutiny over irregularities at the Southern Hospital, marking a formal shift for the Left into opposition.<\/p>\n
The session combined the discharge vote with an extraordinary meeting regarding irregularities at the Southern Hospital. Although councilors were scheduled to evaluate the budget and the city’s status report, the discussion was immediately dominated by questions regarding oversight of the facility, the accountability of Warsaw authorities, and the staffing of supervisory boards in municipal companies.<\/p>\n
Despite the controversy, the discharge for Rafa\u0142 Trzaskowski was a foregone conclusion. In the 60-seat council, the Civic Coalition (KO) holds 36 seats, allowing it to pass resolutions independently without support from other parties.<\/p>\n
Anna Maria \u017bukowska, MP and leader of the New Left in Warsaw, criticized the city’s lack of independent oversight. She argued that the audit committee should not be dominated by the same party whose politicians are implicated in the irregularities under investigation.<\/p>\n
\u017bukowska addressed Prime Minister Donald Tusk, urging him to influence Trzaskowski to end the practice of filling city companies and hospitals with party loyalists. She emphasized that the New Left’s move to the opposition is a positive change, noting that the party had abstained from voting for the discharge in previous years.<\/p>\n
The opposition questioned the lack of effective supervision and the potential for National Health Fund (NFZ) penalties. Jan Mencwel characterized the hospital oversight as a “fiction,” while Adrian Zandberg described the city’s explanations as reminiscent of 1990s Uzbekistan rather than a modern European state.<\/p>\n
The debate extended beyond the Southern Hospital to include calls for the de-politicization of supervisory boards across all city entities, including the water utility (MPWiK), the metro system, and public transport operators. Councilors argued that the principles of transparency should apply to all municipal companies, not just medical ones.<\/p>\n
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