NIK reports on the government's "Opening Report"

The Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) has discovered that politically, the most important document with which the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) launc hed its government, namely its "Opening Report" is in contradiction to the facts. NIK also claims that part of the material used for drafting the repo rt has mysteriously disappeared from the Treasury Ministry. The report was drafted in the Political Office of former Treasury Minister Wiesław Kaczmar ek. The fact that the documents have vanished shows that, "The material used in the Report was sought in a very unprofessional way; maybe an official th ought it was sufficient to talk the issue over on the phone with a colleagu e," said a NIK official. The report announced in May last year depicted the catastrophic condition of state-owned companies ruined by the government of Jerzy Buzek. Meanwhile, NIK said the irregularities are blamed upon bad man agement, while the facts blaming the current government are entirely ignored and omitted. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.Z.