In the Opole Chamber of Agriculture, the General Meeting dismissed the entire provincial management board. There are new authorities now. This is an uncommon occurrence in this agricultural organization. Is it groundbreaking?
On March 26, 2024, the General Meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture in Opole dismissed the current management board of the Chamber, appointed only in the fall of 2023.
Irregularities in the Opole Chamber. Dismissed management board
The reasons for the cancellation included, among others: irregularities in the organization’s finances, identified by the audit committee. In mid-March, the committee, examining last year’s finances of the Chamber, noticed the disappearance of PLN 42,000. PLN from credit card and credit debt. The chief accountant lost her job, and the police took up the case.
The general meeting dismissed the current president, Marek Froelich. The current president served in this capacity for two terms. Previously, he held the position of vice-president for 3 years and was a member of the management board for 22 years.
New president and management board
We already know that a new management board headed by Jerzy Sewielski has been appointed. Sewielski was previously a delegate to the Chamber of Agriculture in Opole. He comes from the Nysa district and has a farm of several dozen hectares. On February 15, he became the chairman of the Audit Committee.
Out of 5 people from the current management board, 4 people were changed.
As we heard from one of the members of the Chamber from the province. Opole, “a 30-year-old arrangement was destroyed”, and the same is true throughout the country.
– Drop drills Rock. Why create new organizations, unions or “connect” to someone when there is a Chamber that has a structure, a budget of several dozen million and a lot of agency? If farmers’ interests were poorly represented, for example recently during the implementation of the Green Deal or changes in the calculation of lease rents, why should such structures continue? Maybe it’s worth trying to make changes. And farmers are starting to see it, says our interlocutor, who wishes to remain anonymous.
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