Miller admits to accepting loan from BWE, describes Zycie claims as lies

Prime Minister Leszek Miller has admitted that he accepted a loan from Bank Wspolpracy Europejskiej (BWE), in which Bartimpex president Aleksander Gudzowaty is a majority shareholder. At the same time Miller rejected certain claims made by the Zycie daily in its article on the matter yesterday. "Zycie lied when it stated the circumstances surrounding the loan were unclear," Miller said at a press conference in Lodz. "I took out the loan on December 30, 1998, which was many months before parliamentary elections were held." He also hit out at Zycie for suggesting that the loan had some influence on his or the government's decisions concerning the diversification of gas supplies to Poland. "I want to emphasize that decisions on gas supplies to Poland will be taken in accordance with the interests of Poland and its citizens," Miller said. (Zycie, p. 4) A.Z.