Ethics committee to decide on allegations that Sejm deputy was drunk

The Sejm's Ethics Committee will decide next week if deputy Jan Maria Jackowski was under the influence of alcohol when he made a speech last month criticizing the activities of the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV). The matter was brought to the committee's attention by Sejm Speaker Maciej Plazynski. A recording of the July 25-26 debate produced by TVP and broadcast on national television shows that Jackowski had problems with reading his statement. His speech is slurred and he apparently has difficulty standing upright. The deputy rejects the charge of drunkenness, and insists that he was merely feeling tired when he made the speech. (Zycie, p. 4) P.W.