Self-Defence try to get more top jobs than they agreed

During the negotiations before forming the coalition, Self-Defense was guaranteed one seat of deputy prime minister, three ministers and four secretaries of state and 12 undersecretaries of state. However, during the past few days Self-Defense representatives have demanded seats which were not guaranteed, such as the head of Social Insurance Office (ZUS) and the president of the National Health Fund. Rzeczpospolita also reveals that the party is putting strong pressure on PiS to take over the positions of deputy ministers in the Foreign Ministry and the Treasury Ministry. PiS states, however, that they will not agree to the new demands. "If something was once settled in the coalition negotiations there is no reason to return to it," said the head of PiS parliamentary club Przemysław Gosiewski. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.