Miller rejects PSL attempts to tie issue of vignettes with biofuels

The Sejm voted against Vignette Bill on Wednesday by a majority of 12 votes, once again revealing the tensions in the ruling coalition between the (Demo cratic Left Alliance) SLD and the Polish Peasants Party (PSL). The vote was preceded by a heated debate as the PSL Deputies demanded that the vote be p ostponed to the Sejm's next sitting and cited the need to discuss around 300 new proposed amendments to the bill, which was opposed by the SLD. According to unofficial sources the PSL would like the vote on vignettes to be tied to the one on bio-fuels. However, Prime Minster Miller rejected these demands. This encouraged Deputy Sejm Speaker to ask who rules in the Sejm - the Spea ker and the Parliamentary Clubs, or the Prime Minister. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) J.K.