Former SLD activist allegedly in breach of the Heath Insurance Act

Zygmunt Listowsk, the former mayor of Zielona Góra, and influential activist in the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), is reported to have infringed the Health Insurance Act. Listowski works in the National Health Fund (NFZ) and is at the same time a city councilor. Under the Health Insurance Act, which came into force in March, it is illegal be employed as an NFZ official and hold a mandate. "The man, who had such experience was unemployed. He had to be helped," said the head of NFZ in the lubuskie voivodship, Listowski's party colleague Zbigniew Pierożek, who hired Listowski following his unsuccessful election campaign for city mayor. He has pledged to resign either from the NFZ or from the position of councilor, by September 18. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.Z.