Kaczmarek testifies against Miller to Orlen Commission

The Sejm Commission investigating the Orlen affair concerning the arrest of Andrzej Modrzejewski, a previous president of the oil giant by the State Security Agency (UOP) spent yesterday on talking to witnesses. The first to be called to appear in front of the committee was former treasury minister Wiesław Kaczmarek. His testimony indicated that the then prime minister Leszek Miller was afraid that he would have no influence on the decision to sign a long-term contract for oil delivery with PKN Orlen. Therefore the UOP arrested the company's president. The former treasury minister and currently suspended member of the Polish Social Democracy (SDPL) disclosed that two meetings were organized by Miller during which the possibility of making use of security services to stop the company from signing the contract were mooted. The next witness in the case will be former Orlen president Modrzejewski. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) A.K.