Economics
Polish Ruling Party Presses Central Bank Chief Over Pay Scandal
- Move marks Law & Justice’s first public spat with Glapinski
- Governor denies any connection to bank watchdog bribe probe
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Senior Polish ruling-party members demanded the central bank governor address a media report alleging that he pays a top assistant 13 times the average wage, adding pressure to a political ally who’s already entangled in a bribe probe.
With general elections approaching this fall, Law & Justice has held fast behind Adam Glapinski, a close friend of party chief Jaroslaw Kaczynski, amid a scandal brewing at the country’s bank regulator. The central bank chief has repeatedly rejected accusations of corruption and suspect hiring practices after the head of the watchdog, one of his former proteges, resigned under accusations of soliciting a $10 million bribe.