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Deputy Prime Minister: We are suspending the “Laptop for Students” program

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Today we are suspending the “Laptop for Student” program to make it possible in the future to implement a new wonderful program “Digital Student”, from which no one will suffer,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Technologies Krzysztof Gawkowski. on Thursday. The politician said that during the tender for the purchase of laptops, there was a violation of criminal law.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski, during a joint press conference with Education Minister Barbara Nowacka, emphasized that the “Laptop for Students” program cannot be continued in this formula.

Gavkovsky on the suspension of the “Laptop for Students” program

– Today we are suspending the “Laptop for Student” program to give a chance in the future for a new, wonderful “Digital Student” program where no one gets hurt – – said Gavkovsky.

The tender for the purchase of laptops under the “Laptop for Students” program will be held from October 2022. The Deputy Prime Minister said that “everything indicates that criminal norms were violated during the tender.”

– Corruption situations could have occurred, therefore, in a confidential manner – since we received such information during the audit – a report will be submitted to the prosecutor’s office, which will concern the possibility of committing a crime during this tender – This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development.

– We will not hide anything, we will just reveal everything about this. No more lies, no more stories that the program is well prepared and the money is secured – added.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized during the conference that there is “good information” and announced the launch of a new format – the Digital Student program.

“This was agreed and partly discussed at the inter-ministerial level with the Minister of Finance, Mr. Domanski, who, like us, believes that we should continue such programs, but do it wisely, in accordance with the law and without the prospect of having to report anything – then to the prosecutor’s office – – Gavkovsky emphasized.

The Deputy Prime Minister spoke about the chaos around the “Laptop for Students” program earlier this week in an interview with TVN24.

– There is a mess and a big misunderstanding with the regulation of this program from 2023. This is a summary of what happened. There was no money, it was spent on credit, it is unknown what happened to it and how it was used. We don’t know what laptops were purchased and we don’t know how they were converted in the end – said the head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs in “Razmova Piasecki”.

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Source: TVN 24
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