Civic Platform proposes changes to referendum bill

Civic Platform (PO) deputies yesterday filed a draft amendment to the referendum bill, in which they propose allowing publication of turnout data throughout the whole EU referendum in June. Today the Sejm will start work on accelerated amendment of the bill, which is supported by most politicians, sociologists and lawyers. President Aleksander Kwaśniewski has also announced that he would sign it. "The proposed change will affirm the legality of providing information on the number of people voting, as it will not require opening the ballot boxes," explained PO's head, Donald Tusk. He also counted on the common sense of other political parties, thanks to which the amendment should find rapid acceptance. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.