Kwasniewski: Nepotism is Nothing New.

(From Polish News Bulletin)

Based on an interview with former president Aleksander Kwasniewski. By Barbara Dziedzic and Joanna Miziolek.

Ethical standards in politics are important, but it is not good to generalise based on a single incident, says former president. In his opinion it is unfair, even though talking about instances of cronyism and nepotism is necessary. However such incidents have been around for as long, as our civilisation.

Kwasniewski thinks the recent tape scandal involving two Polish People's Party (PSL) activists shows it is time to do something about the problem, but at the same time one should not go too far, like force someone's son to resign, just because his father got promoted to …