Balcerowicz says Freedom Union will work on budget in Sejm commissions

Freedom Union (UW) chairman Leszek Balcerowicz said in a radio interview on Thursday that his party is not going to vote for rejection of next year 's budget project during its first reading in the Sejm, but wants to continue working on the legislation in Parliamentary commissions. Balcerowicz emphasized that the final vote is most important, and the time preceding it should be devoted to analyses of vital social and economic issues. According to another UW deputy, Stanislaw Kracik, the question of UW supporting or not supporting the 2001 budget may not be crucial, as it could be rejected by deputies of the Solidarity Election Action (AWS) themselves. The deadline for accepting the budget by Sejm is March 15th, 2001. If no budget is passed by that date, the President may announce early parliamentary elections. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.25)