Politics In Brief: TVP supervisory board; SLD in Łódź; Lazy deputies

Lawyers have discovered that the decision was based on a one vote majority, while Marek Ostrowski who participated in the vote should have not been allowed to do so, due to a conflict of interests. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) ... Politicians around ex premier Leszek Miller in the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) bastion of Łódź are beginning to fade into obsolescence. The ex-mayor Krzysztof Jagiełło is virtually unemployed, the Łódź voivodship president Krzysztof Makowki was replaced with Stefan Karjewski, whereas SLD deputies Pęczak and Pieniążek have lost their immunities and now face a criminal prosecution. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4; Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) ... Parliamentary Deputies do not answer their e-mails revealed an experiment conducted by the Civic Initiative. Only 28% of deputies answered e-mails forwarded to them, whereas Europarliament deputies answered 65% of the questions sent to them. (Rzeczpospolita p. A4) M.G.