Prosecutors drop investigation into controversial comments by National Bank of Poland governor

Marek Belka did not break the law when suggesting finance minister's removal in leaked recording

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Marek Belka

Marek Belka, the governor of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), is no longer under legal investigation over controversial comments made during a conversation with the country's interior minister that was secretly recorded and leaked, Polish prosecutors said today (September 16).

In the recording, published by a local news magazine in June, Belka is heard discussing the possibility of the NBP buying government bonds and calling for then finance minister Jacek Rostowski's removal from office -

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