Cimoszewicz pulls out of election with bitter recriminations

He has quit from the race to the Presidential Palace, running the Parliament and from public life. Also yesterday, the duties of the Sejm Speaker were taken over by Deputy Speaker Tomasz Nałęcz, while Cimoszewicz is formally on overdue vacation. He was third in the polls after Donald Tusk from the Civic Platform (PO) and Lech Kaczyński from Law and Justice (PiS). "I am not instructing my supporters who to vote for and at the same time I see no other good candidate for President," announced Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz. He went on to say that he pulled out in protest against the depravation of good practice in Poland by some politicians and journalists. "Without scruples, false witnesses and documents were used and this massive program of black propaganda against me brought a desired effect," said Cimoszewicz. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.