Miller to pay expenses for family trip to Vatican after controversy erupts

Following controversy over Prime Minister Leszek Miller's use of state funds for a family trip to the Vatican last week, a Cabinet spokesperson said Friday that the prime minister would personally cover expenses incurred during the excursion. The spokesperson said Cabinet administrative staff are trying to locate documents showing how such situations were handled by the previous government, and added that former Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek and Solidarity leader Marian Krzaklewski both brought family members to Rome on the government airplane. Former government spokesperson Teresa Kaminska denied this allegation, telling Gazeta Wyborcza that all family members of parliament deputies paid travel expenses themselves. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Jan. 5-6, p. 5) M.T.K.