Deputy ministers from the ministries of development and defense resigned
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Deputy ministers of development, labor, and technology: Iwona Michałek, Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, and Grzegorz Piechowiak announced on Wednesday that they resigned, justifying it with the dismissal of the deputy prime minister and head of the Ministry of Regional Development, Jarosław Gowin. Earlier, Marcin Ociepa, the deputy minister of national defense, was the first to officially resign.
Iwona Michałek and Andrzej Gut-Mostowy announced at a joint press conference in the Sejm that they were leaving the ministry, where they were deputy ministers from 2020. They indicated that their resignation was a natural consequence of the dismissal of Jarosław Gowin – the leader of the Agreement party of which they are members – from the position of deputy prime minister and head of the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism.
Grzegorz Piechowiak, the government plenipotentiary for foreign investments and the secretary of state at the Ministry of Regional Development, announced his resignation on Twitter, citing the "consequences of recent events".
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki asked the president to dismiss Jarosław Gowin from the position of deputy prime minister, minister of development, labor, and technology.
On Wednesday morning, the Agreement National Board met.
"By the decision of the National Board, the Agreement of Jarosław Gowin will leave the United Right. Parliamentarians of the Agreement will leave the PiS Club and form the Parliamentary Circle of the Agreement of Jarosław Gowin," Jan Strzeżek, vice-spokesman for the Agreement, announced on Twitter.
The government spokesman Piotr Müller said during the Tuesday conference that the reason for Jarosław Gowin's dismissal was that the deputy prime minister and members of the Agreement were working at an insufficient pace on the projects included in the Polish Deal and were taking "unreliable actions" regarding the tax reform.
Michałek and Gut-Mostowy did not agree with the critical voices regarding work in the Ministry of Development.
(PAP) https://stooq.pl/n/?f=1437922&c=0&p=4+22
