Buzek reprimands Justice Minister for bungled arrest of UOP deputy

Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek said he would appeal to the court to reconsider the arrest of deputy head of the State Protection Office (UOP)'s Katowice unit, Mariusz Sz. He also criticized Justice Minister Lech Kaczynski for the affair, saying that the prosecutor's office should have informed Mariusz Sz.'s superiors of the arrest. However, this reprimand will not result in Kaczynski's dismissal as, according to Buzek, it would only disturb the Justice Ministry's work three months before the parliamentary elections. Last week, Mariusz Sz. was arrested for warning the president of Centrozap of his possible apprehension. (Gazeta Wyborcza, June 30-July 1, p. 3) A.Z.