Chief of Police resigns while Interior Minister gets off scott free

Yesterday the Interior Ministry announced that Chief of Police, Antoni Kowalczyk, had resigned and was replaced by Leszek Szreder from Gdańsk. The new Police Chief straight away sacked Kowalczyk two deputies, Adam Rapacki and Władysław Padło. They were replaced by Eugeniusz Szczerbak from Katowice and Henryk Tokarski from Bydgoszcz. "This is a revenge for the Starachowice scandal," summed up former Interior Minister Marek Biernacki. Sejm Deputies charged Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik with political responsibility for the Starachowice scandal, as he chose to work with the wrong colleagues who breached the Anti-corruption Act and introduced "communist internal security methods" to supervise the police. "During my term in office, public confidence and trust in the police rose and I will stick to my methods," replied Janik. The Sejm rejected a vote of non-confidence against the Interior Minister. He was supported by the Prime Minister who dismissed the motion "As a waste of the Sejm's time." (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M.