Buzek choses Winkler to replace outgoing Kempski as Silesia's voivode

Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek on Saturday appointed professor Wilibald Winkler to head Silesia's voivodeship, thus replacing outgoing Marek Kempski who resigned last week amid accusations of corruption, which the daily Rzeczpospolita revealed earlier. The new voivode announced he will begin his duties by putting an end to the corruption scandal. Winkler served six years as chancellor of technical university Politechnika Slaska. Meanwhile, at a press conference held Friday at the Katowice Voivodeship Office, Kempski said, "I lost the battle, but I will not lose the fight against corruption and unfairness." (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.1, Rzeczpospolita, Dec. 9-10, p.A4)