Coalition future in doubt over NBP candidate support

This time the issue concerned the appointment of the new Chairman of the National Bank of Poland. Law and Justice (PiS) threatened it would annul the coalition agreement if the League of Polish Families (LPR) would not support the President's candidate for the seat - Slawomir Skrzypek. Roman Giertych, the leader of LPR demanded an additional sum of zl.500 million for an increase in wages for teachers and important positions of his deputies, including in the supervisory board of TVP and the posts of undersecretaries of state in several ministries. Yesterday's political heat caused a fall in the value of the Polish currency and lead to a fall on the WSE. Skrzypek promised SelfDefense that he would look into foreign currency reserves of the bank and did not exclude that a part of these funds would be used to support economic growth, which pleased the coalition party. He also assured Giertych that entering the Euro zone is not a priority for him. Finally last night, Skrzypek was appointed to the position with the support of 239 deputies. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Onet.pl) A.K.