Deputy Min. Sikorski more equal than others in buying forest from the state

Deputy Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski bought from the state 3 hectares of woods surrounding his manor house, even though back in 1997 Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek prohibited the sale of woods belonging to State Forests. Such transactions can only be justified in case of an important social need, such as building a highway. Buzek issued the ban in order to save the forests for reprivatization purposes. Reprivatization program was one of the most important points in the Solidarity Election Action (AWS) 1997 election campaign. Meanwhile, deputy Treasury Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz and the Environment Minister Antoni Tokarczuk (both from AWS), who were supposed to supervise obeying of the prohibition, approved the sale of the woods to Sikorski. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.1) M.K.