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Kraków university explains Duda ‘unpaid leave’

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Roberto Galea 18.05.2015 15:42
Presidential candidate Andrzej Duda has been asked several times to resign from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, but has constantly refused.
The Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Presidential candidate Andrzej Duda has been on unpaid leave from the Jagiellonian University for almost ten years, with a year’s break, the spokesperson for the university, Adrian Ochalik, told the IAR news agency.

The issue was raised during Sunday’s TV debate between presidential candidates Bronisław Komorowski and Andrzej Duda. The latter, a candidate supported by the conservative Law and Justice party, is formally employed by the university as a lecturer in legal studies.

The two candidates were discussing the issue of professionals in Poland who cannot find a job. Komorowski accused Duda of blocking this position at the university for nine years, while he was first an MEP and, more recently, a presidential candidate.

In the case of an MP or a senator, university authorities cannot refuse to grant unpaid leave, Ochalik explained, adding that institutes of higher learning are in fact obliged to grant such leave.

Ochalik added that a replacement has been employed on a full-time contract for three years. The spokesperson explained that Duda could stop his leave and return to work at any time.

Newsweek Polska reports that the University has asked Duda to resign several times over the last few years, but the PiS candidate has so far retained his position. (rg)

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