Miller shows Belka the ropes and hopes for a smooth transition

"I would like the responsibilities to be assumed smoothly and undisturbed," said Miller, while Belka announced: "I am in an early stage of negotiations but I still have some time. If I did not believe that I am capable of creating a government I would not attempt to do it." Belka added that he intends to keep on some of the current ministers within his future cabinet, including Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz and Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdziński. He also stressed that his mission should be an unquestionable step towards the stabilization of the country's political situation, saying that the country "needs it like oxygen now." (Parkiet, p. 2) A.Z.