Civic Platform hopes major changes in Warsaw will shed corrupt image

Leading opposition party Civic Platform (PO) is likely to subject its internal organization in the Warsaw and Mazowsze region a major shake-up. "Either Wojciech Kozak (the head of PO in Mazowieckie voivodship) will, within the next few weeks, call a meeting of the party from the region and will make the changes himself or I shall submit a motion to take radical steps," announced PO leader Donald Tusk. The move is aimed at changing the perception of the party in the capital city where it is thought of as highly corrupt. "We want to rebuild the trustworthiness of the PO in Warsaw, which proved to be in a poor condition during the elections to the European Parliament," added Tusk. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.