Kulczyk changes his Orlen Commission testimony following questioning

The change in Kulczyk's stand is the result of Tuesday's confrontation of the businessman with the head of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) Andrzej Barcikowski and with the former head of Intelligence Agency (AW) Zbigniew Siemiątkowski. The confrontation, which was closed to the public, was necessary because the notes from the Kulczyk-Alganov meeting prepared in 2003 by Barcikowski and Siemiątkowski varied considerably. The main difference concerns the names of those who allegedly took the bribe from Russians for the help in the acquisition of Gdańsk refinery. Barcikowski mentions Nafta Polska president Maciej Gierej and his deputy Marek Gutowski, while Siemiątkowski's note includes the former Treasury Minister Wiesław Kaczmarek along with Gierej, but it does not mention Gutowski. In his earlier testimonies Kulczyk undermined the content of both notes. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.F.