Battling Belka has his work cut out to secure support in Sejm

This does not mean though that he has a majority in the parliament, although he is still close to becoming the new prime minister once Leszek Miller steps down on May 2. At the moment, Belka is facing a difficult fight for every single vote, with the parliamentary wing of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) demanding that in order to win its support the future government must form a coalition that will have a majority in parliament. The most likely party that could achieve this for the SLD would be the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL). However, this could prove a little tricky as the PSL refuses to support him, officially backing Józef Oleksy (also of the SLD) instead, while secretly hoping its own leader, Janusz Wojciechowski, will get the job. The Civic Platform, meanwhile, disapproves of both Belka and Oleksy and only wants to meet with Belka in order to convince him of the need to call an early general election. Law and Justice and the Polish Family League, on the other hand, simply don't want to talk to him at all. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3) J.J.