New President of Warsaw addresses inauguration meeting of city council

Lech Kaczynski, the leader of PiS, today served his first day in office as President of Warsaw. He addressed the first city council meeting stating that he would stand by his campaign pledges to fight corruption, especially in the city administration and put an end to crime in the streets. "I will continue the infrastructure projects began by the former city authorities. I think a priority should be given to the completion of the first line of the Warsaw metro and a start on constructing the second one," Kaczynski told the council. He added that Warsaw needs at least two more bridges and huge investments in its road network. Despite the big words no details concerning the cost, dates or where the money will come from were given during the speech. Wojciech Kozak, the outgoing city president has been elected as the head of the city council which is now controlled by a coalition of PiS and PO. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) J.K.