Gwiazdowski: entrepreneur jailed for VAT fraud, minister escapes over a billion-zloty grant

Commentator and lawyer Robert Gwiazdowski highlights a stark legal asymmetry in Poland: a businessman can face prison if a contractor fails to remit VAT the businessman paid, while a minister who granted a 1 billion zloty subsidy to a company suspected of fictitious waste trading faces no comparable consequence. Gwiazdowski questions equality before the law and accountability for public officials.

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