Morawiecki plans to reduce cabinet positions by 20-25%

PM Mateusz Morawiecki said that he plans to reduce the number of posts in his cabinet, including ministers and deputy ministers by 20-25 percent. “Today we have a total of 126 people in ministerial and deputy ministerial positions, including secretaries and undersecretaries of state. Over the next 2-3 months, we want to reduce this number by 20-25 percent,” he said. He also added that he plans on abolishing all prizes and bonuses for ministers and deputies, as well as secretaries. “In the case of the undersecretaries of state, my proposal is that if the parliament agrees to move members of the political corps to a group of civil,” Morawiecki added. His comments come on the heels of recent media reports that some ministers, including former PM Beata Szydło, received bonuses worth up to PLN 55k, and spent millions using ministerial credit cards. “We expect savings of around PLN 20 million, and this will be due to the reduced use of credit cards and the reduction in their number,” Morawiecki concluded.