Deputy Labor Minister files charges against Supreme Board of Inspection
Deputy Labor Minister Ewa Lewicka filed charges with the prosecutors
office against the president of the Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK)
Janusz Wojciechowski. Lewicka is charging Wojciechowski with abuse of
power, disclosure of classified information and slander. According
Lewicka, NIK is not able to handle the inspection of the Social Insurance
Company's (ZUS) computerization project. Wojciechowski said she was the
person who pushed for faster implementation of pension reform although ZUS
was not prepared. In related news, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) sued NIK
for damaging its image. PAP says in NIK inspection results it published
incorrect data about the agency's losses in 1998-1999. (Puls Biznesu, page
4, Prawo i Gospodarka, page 9)
