Posted on 08/29/2007 5:58:03 PM PDT by OESY
The testimony by Poland's Former Minister of Interior about Polish Government use of special services organizations to spy on political opponents has stopped proceedings of the Polish Parliament. And the stoppage may end up being long term. Parliamentary Speaker Ludwig Dorn said if the opposition continues to demand breaks the current session could "go on for months".
Yesterday, during the reading of the secret testimony of Former Minister of Interior Janusz Kaczmarek, Former Minister of Education Roman Giertych exploded when he learned that conversations between him and Former Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper were recorded and transcripts of their conversations given to Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
Making accusations of a "Polish Watergate", Giertych demanded a delay in Parliamentary proceedings until next Tuesday. Giertych wants to hear what the Former heads of the National Police and the Anti-Corruption Bureau have to say when they testify before the Parliament Special Service Committee. (For Previous claims of a Polish Watergate, see Polish Watergate? The time has come for transparency in Poland!
The delay stops all work of the Parliament.
And the delay stops the process to the necessary vote to dissolve the Polish Parliament and hold early elections. Though the Prime Minister wants the elections held on the 21st of October, such parliamentary maneuvering is creating delays that make that date not likely....
The comeback of Poland’s left
Two years after the election defeat of the social democratic SLD government, Poland’s left is making an astoundingly quick comeback, Joanna Lichocka reports. She notes that in the run-up to this autumn’s early elections a new left-wing democratic alliance (LiD) formed by the SLD, SDPL, the Liberals and the Workers Union has become socially acceptable. “The LiD is still a loose alliance between four different parties and groups. They bicker continually with each other and have no clear leader... Nonetheless, it still has the wind in its sails and every chance of growing. For since the PiS government started employing totalitarian methods, violating civil rights and persecuting political opponents, can one still claim that the SLD government was just as bad? The corruption scandals under former SLD Prime Minister Leszek Miller were nothing in comparison to what the ruling PiS is getting up to, the SLD politicians argue. And they’re right.”
Rzeczpospolita
Lucky Poles.
Rove!!!!
Also claim that corruption is worse than before is incredibly stupid, the only case that we heard about when Andrzej Lepper from junior coalition party (leftist, totally populist)is suspected would cost us a small amount of cash. Anyway anti-corruption agency created by this government find this out. While when post-communist government ruled, several huge corruption affairs cost us billions of $. To compare this and take the side of the left is absolutely silly and completely dishonest, especially for journalist!
Anyway Polish politicians from all mainstream fractions are useless and I'm really tired following their stupid moves and speeches. Somehow I cannot see how the new elections are supposed to help us when the same politicians with almost the same percent of votes most probably will be elected again.
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