Parliament paid PLN 26 mln in travel expenses

According to Rzeczpospolita.pl, parliamentarians claimed travel expenses worth PLN 26 million from the beginning of the current term to the end of 2013. As many as 114 deputies claimed the maximum allowable expense of PLN 35,103.60 per year for traveling with their private car. Claims seldom amount to less than PLN 25,000 per year and only 19 politicians did not claim any travel expenses. These politicians include former prime minister Donald Tusk, current prime minister Ewa Kopacz, Jarosław Kaczyński, Leszek Miller, Janusz Piechociński, Jacek Rostowski, Bogdan Zdrojewski and Wanda Nowicką.