Jerzy Urban testifies to Rywin Commission

Today was the first day that Nie editor Jerzy Urban was interviewed by the Sejm Rywin Commission. According to Urban, the Prime Minister might have avoided informing the prosecutor about the affair, as Miller could have feared the scandal would strain tensions within the coalition and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). He also expressed his opinion that it was far better for the SLD if someone else broke the news about the attempted bribery. "There is a widely held opinion that if one is to be involved in something than he should not reveal any information about it," said Urban. He added that it was the PM's duty to inform the prosecutor about what Rywin had done. "The Prime Minister perhaps thought that he might lose rather than win something by revealing the case," Urban said. (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 6-10; Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A6) M.M.