The Treasury and SAirLines discuss LOT's presidency

The seat has been empty since November 14, when Krzysztof Kapis was dismissed, and the shareholders agree that the process of choosing a new president should be concluded quickly. Currently Tomasz Debski is the firm's acting president. He has the support of the Treasury, but LOT's employees and SAirLines are against installing him on a permanent basis. Thus far, the supervisory board has failed to choose a new president several times. The Treasury then decided on a counteroffensive and proposed the purchase of a 25% stake from SAirLines. Moreover, if the proposal is rejected, the Treasury has threatened to introduce changes into the bill on LOT which would enable the general assembly of shareholders, rather than management, to choose a new president. The latest wrinkle in the story is that LOT's management introduced an "information control commission" which confiscated 8 computers from its trade unionists. Representatives of LOT claim that the computers were taken because of there was evidence of information being leaked. Trade unionists have informed the prosecutor's office of the incident. (Puls Biznesu p. 11) M.M