In Brief: Biofuels Bill; LPR opposes Sejm penalties; PO backs Olechowski

Polish Peasants Party (PSL) deputies have failed to persuade their counterparts from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) to turn down the Presidential veto of the Biofuels Bill. SLD opts for continuation of work on the bill with the possibility of introducing a number of changes. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) ... According to the Polish Family League (LPR) SLD's proposal to impose penalties for badly behaved deputies by excluding them from nine debates is against the constitution. LPR's Roman Giertych claims that in this way the balance of power in the Sejm may be disturbed. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... Civic Platform (PO) deputies are of the opinion that if Andrzej Olechowski wants to be active in the new restructured party he should join it. PO's deputy leader Pawel Piskorski says that despite his failure in elections for the mayor of Warsaw, Olechowski is still PO's biggest asset. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.Z.