Tusk dismisses Lower Silesia governor over response to September floods in Poland

Storm Boris left almost 30 dead in central Europe, ten of them in southwestern Poland, and damage worth 2 billion

Nov. 25 () –

The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, announced this Monday the dismissal of Maciej Awizen as governor of the Lower Silesia region, located in the southwest of the country, as a result of the slow response in terms of reconstruction and compensation after the floods. last September.

“The change in this position is related to the need to improve activities related to the reconstruction and payment of compensation after the flood in the Voivodeship (region) of Lower Silesia,” the prime minister’s office detailed in a statement released on your website.

According to the letter, the decision to dispense with Awizen’s services had been previously requested by the Ministry of the Interior. Tusk has appointed Anna Zabska, a political leader from Lower Silesia specialized in reconstruction management, as the new head of the regional administration.

The ‘Boris’ storm that hit central Europe last September left a total of 27 dead and damages worth 2 billion euros. Specifically, in Poland the same amount of rain fell in just three days as in almost half a year, specifically affecting Lower Silesia and also the Opole region.

Authorities reported the death of ten people, while thousands of other Poles in the area had to be evacuated and it is estimated that more than 50,000 people were left without access to the electricity grid. The emergency situation was such that it led Prime Minister Tusk to have to declare a state of natural disaster.