Sejm Finance Commission accepts bulk of Senate budget recommendations

The Sejm's Public Finances Commission decided yesterday to recommend acceptance of most of the amendments to this year's budget proposed by the Senate. The Commission approved 27 out of 34 amendments, including the increase in funding for the construction of the Warsaw metro. Among the seven Senate amendments that failed to gain the Commission's backing was the zl.3 million reduction in the budget of the National Remembrance Institute (IPN). Also rejected was the proposal to cut agricultural subsidies. "Let's not take money away from agriculture, which has a financial deficit," said Jerzy Gruszka from the Polish Peasants Party (PSL). The Sejm will vote on the recommendations, probably tomorrow night. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) P.W.