Disagreement over handling of pensions continues

However, the inter-ministry team of social insurance supervision headed by Ludwik Dorn does not agree. Working out of the prime minister's office, the team believes that pensions from pillar II should be paid out by existing life insurance and pension companies. The team has also proposed the creation of a state-run institution owned by the Treasury Ministry which would manage pensions. This would be an unprecedented situation where money accumulated in capital funds would come back under the control of a state institution. Labor Minister Anna Kalata claims that this solution is a compromise and that each customer would decide between a state institution and private companies. The choice, however, could only be made once and never reversed. (Rzeczpospolita, March 10-11, p.B5) M.M.