Posted on 10/12/2004 8:49:29 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
Warsaw. (Interfax-Europe) - Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka will propose new parliamentary elections be held in the second half of May 2005, instead of in autumn as in the past, to enable the next government to prepare its own budget.
In Poland, parliamentary elections are traditionally held in September or October, the time of year when the country's government prepares the state budget. When a new government comes to power, it then inherits the budget prepared by the previous government.
"I intend to propose that parliamentary elections will take place in late spring, the second half of May," Belka told reporters. "We have been promising this for a long time… this allows us to avoid the unfavorable connection of parliamentary elections to the completion of work on the state budget."
Belka indicated that he would not run as a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary or senate elections.
The coming year will also see presidential elections and probably a referendum on the European Union constitution, Belka said.
Belka's government came to power in May, when former Prime Minister Leszek Miller stepped down amid record-low voter approval ratings.
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