Interior Min proposes reducing number of Warsaw councilors from 700 to 60

The Interior Ministry proposed yesterday a draft concerning the structure of Warsaw. The number of councilors will be reduced from 700 to 60. Warsaw will be one gmina with 17 districts. The draft has not been accepted by the government yet, because as the Prime Minister said, "It demands consultations." He also said the structure of Warsaw will be decided in a referendum. In related news, the newly appointed Warsaw commissioner Andrzej Herman has gained control of five of the seven districts of Gmina Centrum. Yesterday he gave the Interior Minister a sealed envelope with documents concerning alleged corruption. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 4) E.B.