Government to set up new body to help guard against compensation claims

On August 31 the Cabinet accepted a draft bill on the General Procurator of the State Treasury, which is designed to limit the losses of the budget due to numerous compensations claims. "This bill is absolutely necessary, as state institutions face growing difficulties due to the ever-changing law, which results in growing demands on the Treasury. The new body would become a supportive tool helping to improve public finances," said Ryszard Tupin, director of the legal department at the Treasury Ministry. Another key goal of the Procurator is to allow the Ministries to resign from the services of large legal companies as, "According to NIK they charge $200-300 per hour," added Tupin. Lawyers of the new institution will represent the state both in Poland and abroad in all cases exceeding zł.1 million. "At present there is nobody to fight for the interests of the state. The system is leaking and public money is disappearing," said Jan Stefanowicz from the Business Center Club (BCC). (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) M.M.