NBP chief to get new car worth zł.350,000

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) has called a tender for new cars, among which will be a zł.350,000 vehicle for the bank's president, Sławomir Skrzypek. His current vehicle is a 2000 model Audi A8, according to Rzeczpospolita.

The contract for 31 new cars, amounts to zł.3.5 million.

Eight vehicles, whose values will average zł.150,000, will be reserved for the use of the remaining members of the Monetary Policy Council. A further 22 cars, costing an average of zł.90,000, will be purchased for the NBP.

"The last tender for personal-use cars was held seven years ago," Józef Ruszar, head of the NBP's department of information and public relations, told Rzeczpospolita.

In July, the government bought a number of BMW 7 Series for use by top government officials.

"We don't want the [NBP] president's car to be more expensive than those of the state's other most important officials. He is one of the most important people in the state. Travelling in a cheaper car would be populism," said Ruszar.