Kurski's PZU allegations continue to have a hollow ring

The revelations of Jacek Kurski regarding how PZU illegally backed the presidential and parliamentary election campaigns of the Civic Platform (PO) still have not been proved, despite six weeks of investigation and seizure of company documents. Kurski suspected that documentation may have been destroyed, which has not been confirmed either. Witnesses testimonies also suggest Kurski's accusations were groundless. According to the PO the announcement of an alleged scandal was to divert the public's attention from yet another affair - this time concerning the new president of PZU Jaromir Netzel and his part in Drob Kartel, a company involved in money laundering. According to anonymous sources of Gazeta Wyborcza, the prosecution has no concept of how to run the investigation. As a result of an internal audit, the director of PZU Marketing Department, Iwona Ryniewicz, and her deputy were dismissed on disciplinary grounds. They have taken their case to court and have sued Kurski and PZU. So did PO and the latter trial is to begin this month. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 7) J.L.