Former President Kwaśniewski steps back into the spotlight

Speaking at the Democratic Left Alliance's (SLD) party conference in Warsaw yesterday, the former president announced he would become chairman of the platform committee of the Left and Democrats (LiD) coalition, which also includes the Democrats (PD) and the Social Democracy of Poland (SDPl). From his speech it was clear that Kwaśniewski will actually be much more - the leader of the entire center-left camp. His decision ends speculation about his intention to form a new party, and means that it is LiD that will become the rallying-ground for the center-left.  (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1, A4; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1, 4; Dziennik, p. 1) R.M.