Treasury Minister looks set to survive Thursday's vote of no confidence

The Sejm Treasury Commission has recommended rejecting a no-confidence vote in Treasury Minister Aldona Kamela-Sowinska, who is anyway expected to survive Thursday's Sejm vote. Her opponents need to muster support from 231 deputies if they are to force her out of office, a target they now seem unlikely to achieve. With her support apparently bolstered, Kamela-Sowinska refuted the charges laid against her by her opponents, by insisting that she is carrying out the government's privatization program, which has itself been approved by the Sejm. She pointed out that she has launched 44 new projects. She mentioned in particular LOT Polish Airlines, the plans for the second stage privatization of which she will submit to the Cabinet Economic Committee (KERM) by the end of the month. In addition, the Sejm Treasury Commission will tomorrow discuss the amendment to the restructuring program for PKN Orlen. (Zycie, p. 8, Prawo I Gospodarka, p. 1) A.Z.