Minister of Defense threatens to resign if budget reduced by zl. 98 million

Defense Minister Bronislaw Komorowski threatened to resign, warning that the army will not give away the frequencies supposed to be used by UMTS if the Defense Ministry (MON) 2001 budget is reduced by zl.98 million as proposed by the Sejm Public Finance Commission on Saturday. Ministry authorities accused the commission of not consulting with it on the issue. They claim the reduction could endanger the country’s defense capacity and its trustworthiness in NATO. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3) P.J.