Lepper protests to Constitutional Tribunal over dismissal as deputy speaker

Samoobrona leader Andrzej Lepper has asked the Constitutional Tribunal to in tervene, after claiming that deputies had no right to dismiss him from the p osition of deputy Sejm speaker. "I don't want to be reappointed to the posit ion of deputy Sejm speaker, but I want Poland to be a country governed by th e rule of law," said Lepper explaining his decision. Samoobrona senator Hen ryk Dzido pointed out, "The Polish Constitution mentions only the appointmen t of Sejm speakers and deputy Sejm speakers." Current Sejm speaker Marek Bor owski described Samoobrona's questioning of the Sejm's dismissal of Lepper a s "a bit inappropriate", and added that by his behavior Lepper had only prov ed that it was the right decision. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 9; Zycie, p. 8 ) A.Z .