In Brief: Self-Defense; TVP president on resignations; PO on finance reform

SELF-DEFENSE regional government (Sejmik) councillors in Mazury and Lower Silesia, have agreed to Andrzej Lepper's order to withdraw from coalitions with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union by Easter. Five Self-Defense councillors from the Podlaskie voivodship Sejmik regional government have ignored the call and have been dismissed from the party. The same fate probably awaits three Self-Defense representatives from Silesia who declared they will not withdraw from the local coalition. (Gazeta Wyborcza, April 19-21, p. 4) ... TVP PRESIDENT Robert Kwiatkowski has sent an official letter to Anna Popowicz after her resignation from the TVP's supervisory board. In his note Kwiatkowski wrote that her resignation is a sign of the falling strength of political pressure in the supervisory board and that he welcomes her decision with great pleasure. (Gazeta Wyborcza, April 19-21, p. 6) ... Prof. Zyta Gilowska, Civic Platform Deputy, and Deputy Head of the Sejm PUBLIC FINANCES Commission, announced in an interview that her party does not accept any of the present tax variants of Finance Minister Grzegorz Kołodko. (Gazeta Wyborcza, April 19-21, p. 30) A.K.