Flags to fly at half staff, political parties call for solidarity with America

President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek have announced that flags will be flown at half staff across Poland today, as a mark of respect for the victims of the terrorist attack on the US. In addition, the major political parties, including Civic Platform (PO), Solidarity Election Action of the Right (AWSP) and Freedom Union (UW), have declared that they will scale down their election campaigns. PO said it will no longer organize any election parties and will suspend its media advertising campaign. "The election campaign cannot continue as if nothing has happened," PO's leaders said in a statement. The AWSP has canceled its election rally in Czestochowa and has asked the Catholic Church to set aside a Sunday as a day of prayer for the victims of the attack. The UW has also canceled its election parties. Law and Justice (PiS) has demanded a parliamentary declaration of solidarity with the American people, and called on the president to declare a national day of mourning. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A9) P.W.