June elections and Cimoszewicz as Sejm Speaker?

In January the President will commence talks with leftist parties about creating a joint group for the elections. At the same time, Foreign Affairs Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz was named as another SLD candidate to become Sejm Speaker. SLD leader, Józef Oleksy, announced that the candidacy of Cimoszewicz is hard to question, as with his experience he is well prepared for the post. Marek Dyduch, general secretary of the party, told Rzeczpospolita that Cimoszewicz did not refuse to take over the position of the Speaker. He went on to say that the candidate should be proposed to the Sejm on January 5, which is the first session of Parliament in 2005. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.