Minister Szumowski scrubs health ministry
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“I am resigning from the function of the health minister,” said Łukasz Szumowski on August 18, who from the beginning of the pandemic, was the face of the fight against the coronavirus.
The opinion about the politician changed drastically after a number of journalistic publications revealed massive irregularities. They mainly concerned the purchase of equipment to fight Covid-19. Purchase of masks from a ski instructor, expensive respirators that never reached Poland and confusion with the company of Szumowski’s brother are some examples of scandals related to the health ministry.
At the beginning of August, Szumowski assured that “as the helmsman, he does not intend to abandon the ship” during the coronavirus pandemic.
A day before, on August 17, Deputy Minister of Health Janusz Cieszyński announced that he was resigning from the position in the Ministry of Health.
Jarosław Kaczyński, Poland’s de facto strongman leader and “chairman” of the country’s right-wing nationalist and populist Law and Justice (PiS) party who has been accused of governing the country autocratically, announced government reshuffle on July 19.
