Cimoszewicz accused of breaking the law as he traded Orlen shares

Cimoszewicz explained that he financed the purchase of the shares in a third by a bank loan and in two thirds from money from his daughter and her husband, who live in the USA. He sold the shares in the beginning of January 2002 for two reasons - because he became Foreign Minister and the fact that the price of the shares allowed him to end the investment without any losses. Although he ensured everything was legal, the Commission members failed to believe this. One of the reasons for the doubts was the fact that Cimoszewicz failed to mention the sale of the shares in his tax declarations in 2002. According to the Sejm Speaker, he made a mistake in the declaration. Roman Giertch of the Polish Families League (LPR) went on to accuse Cimoszewicz of selling the shares a month before the arrest of Orlen president Andrzej Modrzejewski. Cimoszewicz replied he knew nothing about event until after the news of it became public. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.