Civic Platform wants a coalition but Kaczyński might not play along

Meanwhile, PiS' candidate for President, Lech Kaczyński, announced yesterday that the coalition between the two parties will not be possible if at least one of the most important Ministerial posts in the new government is not taken by a PiS member. "If PO will have its PM and Finance Minister, we want to have our Foreign Affairs Minister," said Kaczyński during a meeting with the diplomatic corps. According to another PiS deputy, it would be better for the party to be in opposition than to enter a government dominated by PO and be forced to take responsibility for its liberal ideas. PO's deputies refused to comment on Kaczyński's statement. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4, R zeczpospolita, p. A7) A.F.