Only Miller's resignation gives the SLD's deputies something to agree on

Especially as its 192 deputies have now aligned themselves into a number of rival camps lead by Marek Borowski, Sylwia Pusz, Aldona Michalak and Krzysztof Janik. Although, that said, they do all agree on one thing: Leszek Miller must stand down as prime minister. Indeed, it has been rumored that Krzysztof Janik, the SLD's leader, has even persuaded the beleaguered prime minister to name the date of his resignation. However, Miller stubbornly refuses to budge from office, even though the government's poor ratings in the polls are magnifying tensions within the SLD's coalition partner, the Labor Union (UP), with some UP members demanding that the party withdraws from the government. Furthermore, two UP senators have announced that they are considering leaving the party altogether, accusing the leadership of "destroying the UP". Moreover, the party congress, which is due to take place in mid-May, is likely to result in a change in leadership, with Tomasz Nałęcz, the UP's current deputy president, hotly tipped to take up the party's reigns. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4; Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) D.W./E.B.