Minister Racks Up Phone Bill

14th December 2007

Former Deputy Interior Minister Piotr Piętak came under fire this week when the Dziennik daily uncovered that the bill on his publicly-funded mobile phone came in at close to PLN 80,000.

Former Deputy Interior Minister Piotr Piętak came under fire this week when the Dziennik daily uncovered that the bill on his publicly-funded mobile phone came in at close to PLN 80,000.
“I don’t feel guilty,” Piętak told the paper. “The fault lay with the ministry’s administrators, who signed such a scandalous agreement with the operator, with no cost limits.” According to ministry data, the bill was mostly in internet connection fees from abroad, where Dziennik alleges P ...