Sejm under fire as deputies attempt to wield savings-axe near poor funds

"Supporting local projects, which are aimed at helping those who need it the most, will bring more benefits than paying out the money through grants," said Kuba Wygnański of the Civic Initiatives Forum. At the beginning of August the government accepted a program for supporting NGOs, which envisaged annual grants of zł.30 million for the coming three years. The final decision whether to lower the contributions will be made by the Public Finances Sejm Commission in the coming months. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.K.