Civic Platform wants to establish financial ombudsman service

Polish ruling party Civic Platform (PO) submitted a draft bill to establish a financial ombudsman service which would operate instead of the current Polish Insurance Ombudsman. "The institution of the ombudsman is a very important one. ... The financial market has grown significantly, there are new instruments, new types of agreements," said Krystyna Skowrońska (PO), the head of Public Finance Committee at Sejm. The ombudsman would be appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister on request of the finance minister. The term of office would be four years.