Democratic Left Alliance says two votes of confidence are blackmail

Should Balicki not survive the vote, Belka will dismiss the government without the need for yet another vote. Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) member Krzysztof Martens commented: "It is a kind of a blackmail on the part of Prime Minister who wants deputies to remember that 'dismissing Balicki equals early elections'." Meanwhile, SLD faces further divisions. Some members say the party's authority can only be restored by getting rid of "shady" people while others strongly opt for recovering the party's internal integrity without dismissals. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 7) D.W.