Have politicians kept their election promises to effectively fight corruption?

During a conference hosted by groups fighting corruption, including Transparency International, marking the first anniversary since the Parliamentary elections, ruling coalition politicians were asked how they had fulfilled their election promises to curb corruption. Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski addressed the issue of Parliamentary Deputies financial declarations which he said as are far from the truth. He went say how politicians notoriously lower the prices of their flats. "There was even a case where one Deputy combined his salary with a zl. 700,000 annual income he earned from a state owned coal trading company," said Kaczynski. It turned out politicians, instead of discussing the problem of Deputies' false financial declarations, were much more willing to argue the necessity of passing new laws to combat corruption. However they failed to address a burning issue - how to bring corrupt officials to justice using the present laws. (Zycie, p. 1) A.Z.