In Brief: Accounting for MP's; Jaskiernia to be replaced; Oleksy; Army tender

Sejm Deputies know far too little about accounting and tax laws, the Sejm's Speaker Marek Borowski said on Friday at an informal meeting of investment funds. He added that the Finance Ministry will arrange a special training course for Members of Parliament. (Parkiet, p. 1) ... The leaders of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) have no doubt that the leader of the party's parliamentary club, Jerzy Jaskiernia, will have to be dismissed. They are considering the possibility of dismissing him this week, or in January. "Our Deputies expect a real leader," said a Deputy head of the SLD parliamentary club. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A10) ... Józef Oleksy is demanding a quick c onclusion of his screening process. On Friday he criticized Bogusław N izieński, the spokesman of the public interest, who submitted new evidence to court which decided to postpone the process until the end of January. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... The Defense Ministry intends to scrap the contract for the supply of 13 German amphibian vehicles for the Polish Army. Instead it will spend zł. 100 million on the purchase and modernization of helicopters. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.Z.