Balcerowicz accused of conflicts of interest

During its first meeting, the first attacks were towards the president of the National Bank of Poland, Leszek Balcerowicz. A member of the League of Polish Families (LPR), 28 year-old Szymon Pawlowski, demanded that the members of the commission call on Balcerowicz to resign from his post. According to Pawlowski and Artur Zawisza, the head of the commission, Balcerowicz has a conflict of interests because his wife manages the CASE foundation, which receives donations from banks. Balcerowicz has explained many times before that he has no contact with the foundation and that the funds from the bank only finance a fraction of the foundation's activities.The request was not accepted as Pawlowski cast the only vote in favor, while Artur Zawisza abstained. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p.1) A.K.