Replacement of personnel at state companies will continue

Prime Minister Leszek Miller announced on Saturday that his government will continue with personnel changes in companies controlled by the State T reasury. The changes are to concern all employees who were granted their positions by the previous government's party leader Marian Krzaklewski. "This whole system comes from the famous recruitment made by Mr. Krzak lewski," Miller said. "If voters evaluated this recruitment in such a way that the Solidarity Election Action party (AWS) is not a part of the Sejm, then why should it be a part of state companies?" According to Miller, a lot of companies are on the edge of bankruptcy and the people connected with the previous government are to blame. Miller also said he hopes to finalize all privatization processes by 2005, when the Polish economy is expected to have a similar structure to those of Western European states. Miller plans to form a fund which will manage all minority shares held by the government in order to gain as much profit from them as possible. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) A.K.