Conference discusses problems resulting from the "unfinshed revolution"

The participants of Thursday conference in the President's Palace about the 14 years of transformation concluded that corruption, politicization of the state and as a result the demoralization of the citizens, as well as their resignation from participation in public life, were the major elements of the nation's fabric. The participants warned that unless something is done, things will get a lot worse. President Kwaśniewski disagreed with the thesis that the transformation process has failed. He added that, "If someone says that the process is limping then I would agree". The President joked that in the context of his visit to Moldavia, the pessimism was exaggerated and unjustified. Professor Piotr Sztompka stressed that the problems were mostly the effect of the so-called unfinished revolution, incomplete privatization and the ambivalent attitude of the public to obeying the law. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M.