Kamela-Sowinska stays on as Treasury Minister after surviving Sejm vote

Treasury Minister Aldona Kamela-Sowinska is to stay on in her post, after the Sejm on Friday failed to give sufficient support to a vote of no confidence. Even though the majority of Sejm deputies voted to dismiss Kamela-Sowinska, the motion did not receive the required 231 votes of support. Just 206 deputies, primarily from the opposition Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Polish Peasants Party (PSL), voted to oust her. Following the decision, politicians from the ruling Solidarity Election Action (AWS) expressed great relief, since they want Kamela-Sowinska to push ahead with her privatization plans as a way of generating much-needed income for the budget. (Rzeczpospolita, July 7-8, p. A3) T.J.