LPR speeds up work to increase Parliamentary control over privatization

The Polish Family League (LPR) has submitted a draft bill to the Sejm concerning the privatization of state owned enterprises. Initially, the draft bill was to be sent to the Sejm Speaker next week, but the LPR decided to act as quickly as possible, taking into account the seriousness of the situation. "The most important thing we are fighting for is to give power to Sejm deputies to decide together with the Treasury on privatization. The example of selling Polish Steel Mills (PHS) is telling: the Sejm did not accept the government's case for the sale, but Piotr Czyżewski, at the time Treasury Minister, ignored Parliament and went ahead with the sale, thus jeopardizing zł.6 billion of budget revenues and which led to gigantic increases in steel prices," said LPR's Zygmunt Wrzodak, adding that the party hopes for support from the Civic Platform (PO) which, "Would have a chance to cut itself off from the government's policies". (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.