Health Minister keeps his job in face of PIS challenge

Sejm, Poland's lower chamber of parliament, voted against the no-confidence motion against Health Minister Bartosz Arłukowicz, which was submitted by the major opposition party Law and Justice. Opposition blamed Arłukowicz for “deteriorating Poles' healthcare security,” citing long waiting lists, plans to privatize public hospitals and misspending funds available for healthcare. The vote was a close one, with 215 voting to dismiss Arłukowicz and 233 against it. The number of votes that would have been necessary to dismiss the minister was 231.