Sejm deputies to wage war against corruption and the "insolence of office"
Parliamentary parties Wednesday spoke out in unison in support of two draft bills that give citizens easier access to information and defines the rules of lobbying for legislation. Deputies decided both bills are needed to fight corruption and the arrogance of the officials who fail to
provide citizens with the information they need. The draft proposed by Solidarity Election Action (AWS) deputies obliges institutions, organizations and all levels of government which use public money, to disclose all but classified information about their activity. The other
draft put forward by Freedom Union (UW) aims to create more transparency in structural decision making procedures and aims to "civilize" lobbying by obliging the government to make public all the information about tenders and license allocation. The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the
Polish Peasant Party (PSL) said the latter draft does not propose registering groups which are allowed to lobby though UW deputies called it an actual asset of the bill. The drafts will now be discussed in Sejm commissions. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 7)
provide citizens with the information they need. The draft proposed by Solidarity Election Action (AWS) deputies obliges institutions, organizations and all levels of government which use public money, to disclose all but classified information about their activity. The other
draft put forward by Freedom Union (UW) aims to create more transparency in structural decision making procedures and aims to "civilize" lobbying by obliging the government to make public all the information about tenders and license allocation. The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the
Polish Peasant Party (PSL) said the latter draft does not propose registering groups which are allowed to lobby though UW deputies called it an actual asset of the bill. The drafts will now be discussed in Sejm commissions. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 7)
