WSiP privatization provokes incredulity from Sejm Speaker

Sejm Speaker Marek Borowski has addressed the Treasury Minister with a quest ion concerning the logic of the privatization of educational publisher Wydaw nictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne (WSiP). Muza, a stock-listed competitor, is in terested in the purchase of WSiP, the uncontested leader in the education se ctor. The imminent privatization of the publishing house has given rise to a number of concerns mostly over the impact the venture may have on national c ultural and educational policy. Borowski cannot comprehend - we read in the Speaker's question - "why a state company which is not indebted, posts profi ts, has capital for development, and plays an important role in the country' s education system, has to be privatized". "The answer is ready and awaiting the Minister's signature," said the Treasury Ministry. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.C.