Finance Minister and Self-Defense swop notes on hostility towards the RPP

Self-Defense Deputy Krzysztof Filipek stated after a Monday meeting of his party with Finance Minister Grzegorz Kołodko that Self-Defense and the Minister agreed that the Monetary Policy Council (RPP) and Leszek Balcerowicz harmed the economy. "It can not be like this that the RPP is only responsible to God and history. It cannot be like this that it holds the revaluation reserves (...) over which nobody has any influence," stressed Self-Defense Senator Henryk Dzido. In his opinion, during the discussion with Kołodko, "They heard many sad statements, they disagreed with many of them, but they exchanged opinions." According to Dzido, Kołodko said that the Self-Defense demand for a social minimum for all in need could not be met, as the budget had no money for that. The Senator also declared that his party would support the budget-restructuring program, but only in those points, which agree with their party program. (www.onet.pl) M.M. In Brief: No live election news; Polish troops to Iraq - if U.S. pays; The National Election Committee (PKW) has officially stated that Local Election Commissions are prohibited from announcing up to the minute information about the turnout of voters during the EU referendum, which they could have done with the use of IT. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... Defense Minister, Jerzy Szmajdziński, announced yesterday, that Poland is ready to send soldiers as part of the stabilization forces to Iraq, their number however is dependent on the funds received from USA for the mission. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... Culture Minister, Waldemar Dąbrowski, admitted the fact he did talk to Polityka editor, Jerzy Baczyński, concerning the publication of the article about Jan Kulczyk. However, he denied trying to influence changes to the text. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.K.