Social insurance reformers face possible jail sentence

The indictment stems from the delay of the implementation of an IT system in ZUS which was supposed to ensure that payments were transferred to accounts of the insured on a regular basis. Alot is charged of misleading the government, by giving assurances that the legislation period would not influence the date of implementation of the IT system. Ewa Lewicka-Banaszak, in turn, is accused of not warning the proper officials of the potential pitfalls of introducing insurance reform. Although the accused deny any wrongdoing, they face a penalty of up to three years in prison. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.