SLD says it will subject state administration to major overhaul if elected

At the Democratic Left Alliance's (SLD) conference held on Sunday, party head Leszek Miller announced it would aim at downsizing administrative bodies if his party were elected to run the government. In his opinion, among those ministries that might have to go are those of communications, transport and regional development, as well as the health ministry. The number of council and board members in gminas, towns and poviats would also have to be reduced by half. Reductions would also include voivodeship services and institutions. "We need to clean up the country following many ineffective and costly experiments carried out by Jerzy Buzek's government", stressed Miller. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A1) M.S.