Government likely to win any attempt to force early election

The leaders of the Law and Justice (PiS) stated on Tuesday that the party ha s started to prepare for early general elections, which in their opinion sho uld take place this year. PiS leader Lech Kaczynski said that a minority gov ernment is not good for the country and an "election test" is required. Memb ers of both the Law and Justice and Polish Families League (LPR) have indica ted they would want to see a minority government dismissed. To dissolve the Sejm requires the support of 2/3 of its members, and as the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Labor Union (UP) still controls 46% of the seats, the gov ernment appears as thought it could win a vote on the issue. A vote of no co nfidence in contrast, only requires a simple majority, but the opposition ap pears to be too fragmented to put forward an alternative candidate for Prime Minister. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3; Reuters) J.K.