Law and Justice candidate asked to withdraw following theft accusations

Tomasz Drzymala, a Sejm candidate from the Law and Justice (PiS) party, has been taken into custody by the police in Lodz, accused of stealing computer equipment worth more than zl.200,000. The charges concern a company run by Drzymala and his two partners, which acquired the equipment on credit. The three men are said to have subsequently refused to pay for the equipment, after changing the name and address of their company. Drzymala denies the charge, and blames the affair on another of the partners, who signed all the contracts and legal documents. Prior to joining PiS, Drzymala underwent an examination and submitted a detailed property declaration, in the course of which no irregularities were revealed. The PiS leadership has now requested Drzymala to withdraw his candidacy. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 31) A.K.