Buzek promises no new appointments before the end of government's term

Outgoing Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek will make no further personnel decisions before the end of his term in office. According to government spokesman Krzysztof Luft, the Prime Minister has also urged his ministers to follow suit, and refrain from making any new appointments. Explaining why Buzek had felt it necessary to appoint new presidents of the Telecommunications Regulatory Office (URT) and Office of War Veterans and the Repressed (UKiOR), Luft said the decisions had to be made, since the people holding the positions had resigned. Buzek recently appointed deputy Interior Minister Kazimierz Ferenc to head the URT, while UKiOR deputy president Jerzy Wozniak was promoted to the organization's top job. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.Z.