Commission releases list of individual contributors to presidential campaigns

The State Electoral Commission (PKW) has published a list of individuals who contributed to presidential candidates' October campaigns last year. Based on the list, most donations were made by unknown supporters and not, contrary to expectations, by well-known celebrities. Former Solidarity Election Action (AWS) leader Marian Krzaklewski received contributions of over zl.7 million from some 3,000 people, the most any one candidate received. Meanwhile, his sister, AWS deputy Barbara Fraczek, Treasury Minister Andrzej Chronowski and Stanislaw Alot, president of ZUS, the state-run social insurance giant, were all recorded as having made a donation to him. Democratic Left Alliance's (SLD) leader Leszek Miller contributed zl.9,000 to President Aleksander Kwasniewski and independent candidate Andrzej Olechowski was seen receiving support from his family. (Zycie, p.1, 4) A.Z.