Forty-eight hours "a lot of time" as SLD Janik appeals for cross-party talks

Among the issues Janik thinks should be addressed are the introduction of a new health care system by the end of the year, support for economic growth, the rationalizing of public expenditures, activities aimed at stabilizing the situation in Iraq and the withdrawal of Polish soldiers from the occupied country and the full use of all the opportunities offered the nation by its membership of the EU. When asked if it's not too late to seek support for Belka's government program just two days before the vote of confidence in it, he said that 48 hours is "a lot of time." The SLD's secretary general, Marek Dyduch, added that Friday's vote would not be the end of efforts aimed at finding a parliamentary majority to support the new government. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5) E.B.