Samoobrona Deputy Hojarska facing three years in jail

Danuta Hojarska, a Self-Defense (Samoobrona) deputy, failed to disclose in her financial declaration, the fact that she has been a member of the supervisory board at insurer, Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych (TUW), between June 2001 and January 2002. She was offered the post by the insurer's majority shareholder, Fundusz Składkowy Ubezpieczenia Społecznego Rolników. "Mrs. Hojarska was paid zł. 6,578 during the period she was a member of the supervisory board," declared Jarosław Goliniewski, TUW Managing Director. The law forbids members of parliament playing a role in the management of companies, which have local governments as shareholders. Hojarska is facing the possability of three years in jail for not disclosing this fact. This is not Hojarska's first encounter with the law. In 2002 she was found guilty of faking a visitors permit so she could visit her son in prison for robbery. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) A.K.