Disability rehabilitation money misused says NIK

With the money from the Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, company managers have been equipping their apartments with luxurious items, re novating houses and buying expensive cars. All was conducted in compliance with letter of the law, whose regulations permit such actions. Last year the Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) investigated the use of the Fund's f inances in the years 2001-2002 in 83 institutions nationwide. Another inspection confirmed the findings of the previous check, namely that the money was being spent on purposes other than the needs of the disabled. "This system has to be revised, upon the institutional status of protected work more than one fortune has been made, and the disabled have benefitted the least," claimed Zyta Gilowska of Civic Platfrom (PO). "The special status is faulty since it leads to corruption. I believe it should be disposed of and the state should support the employment of the disabled on completely different grounds," she added. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.C.