PM Szydło: Poland to liquidate Treasury Ministry at end-2016
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"Poland plans to liquidate the Treasury Ministry at end-2016 and move its responsibilities to a new entity as of January 2017," announced Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło during a press briefing following the government sitting.
Treasury Minister Dawid Jackiewicz presented a resolution which shows the timetable of phasing out the Treasury Ministry, PM Szydło confirmed.
"The ministry will function until the end of 2016, and as of January its responsibilities will be taken on by a new entity," she said.
The liquidation of the Treasury Ministry was one of the campaign pledges of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party.
