Belka's chances looking slim as Peasants hatch plan to get their man in power

He added that the idea of Belka forming a government has calmed the markets down and introduced a degree of stability. According to unofficial information, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski will try to persuade Polish Social Democracy (SdPl) deputies to support the newly formed government. However, the SLD deputies are skeptical of the effectiveness of his efforts, as they fear that the SdPl's leader, Marek Borowski, is too strong an opponent of Belka's cabinet. Meanwhile, the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) has devised a plan it hopes will see their leader, Janusz Wojciechowski, head a government formed from a coalition of the SLD, the PSL, the Labor Union, the Federated Parliamentary Club and the Conservative Liberal Party. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) E.B.