Lepper declares intention to become Sejm Speaker, makes no endorsement

The stakes are high as 15% of the vote could mean victory for either of the potential Presidents. "I was ready to name the better candidate today. But yesterday I changed my mind," announced Lepper who added that he does not like the direction of PiS' election campaign. Although Lepper denies that he is trying to win seats in the parliament by supporting either one of the candidates, he revealed he wants to be the Sejm Speaker. "Not the deputy Sejm Speaker, because we deserve that. But the Sejm speaker so that the opposition would have a greater influence on what is going on in the Sejm," he said. PO Secretery General Grzegorz Schetyna described this proposition as cosmic and absurd. Ludwik Dorn of PiS said there is now way the seat can be bought in exchange for votes. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.K.