Oleksy sets conditions on his dismissal from post of Sejm Speaker

Until this requirement is met, Józef Oleksy will not pass through a motion in the Sejm to dismiss himself from the post. According to Sejm regulations, Oleksy is capable of blocking such a request for as long as six months. Józef Oleksy said yesterday that the SLD does not see a possibility where the post of the Sejm Speaker would be taken over by another party member, and added that if by the next Sejm meeting scheduled for January 5 no candidate is selected, the motion to dismiss him will not even be voted upon. "I am doing this in the sentiment of responsibility for the country because I cannot allow for a constitutional crisis," commented Oleksy on his decision. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.