In Brief: PSL removed from office; Rywin laundered money?; Teachers wages

Following the dismissal of Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) Cabinet members, 20 PSL Deputy Ministers and Voivods have lost their jobs, with the director of the Agriculture Restructuring and Modernization Agency Aleksander Bentkowsk i pointed to as the next one to go as the purge continues (Rzeczpospolita, p . A3) ... Warszawa Srodmiescie Prosecutor's Office for two years has stored reports that Lew Rywin's Heritage Films was laundering money and its owners testified an untruth. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... Around 82% of the public s urveyed by OBOP pointed at Aleksander Kwasniewski as the most trusted politi cian. The second most reliable politicians are Lech Kaczynski (49%) and Jaro slaw Kalinowski (47%) (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) ... The Education Ministry has announced the new base salaries for teachers, with the highest being zl. 1,9 41 for "nauczyciel dyplomowany" (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) J.K.