PM recalls Palubicki from holidays to answer screening court allegations

Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek asked the coordinator of the State Security Office (UOP) Janusz Palubicki to end his holidays and return immediately to Warsaw. Palubicki needs to explain all allegations against the UOP concerning the method and circumstances of the screening procedure. The reservations concern mostly the way in which the UOP transferred documents concerning candidates for President to the Screening Court. Buzek stressed on Wednesday that there is no reason to distrust the UOP. But all doubts or objections should be clarified and given to the public. The Prime Minister did not want to comment about his opinion on the way the UOP acted during former President Lech Walesa's screening procedure. He only said that Palubicki will be the most appropriate person to examine the case. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 4)