Paying to play the political game
It has saved zł.21 million over the past three years, and has already spent around zł.500,000 on commercials promoting Lech Kaczynski for President.
The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has zł.9 million - only a quarter of its needs, according to party representatives. The SLD's previous parliamentary campaign cost zł.25 million. The party spent nearly all of the zł.28 million that it received in 2004.
The Civic Platform (PO), as an opponent of financing parties from the budget, has no savings and plans to obtain a loan to run the campaigns. In 2001 the party was granted a loan of zł.5 million.
Self-Defense (SO) has around zł.2.5 million in savings. "We have a problem with obtaining any kind of loan, so we are seeking firms that would like to pay for our posters," party leader Andrzej Lepper told Gazeta Wyborcza. It plans to spend between zł.6-7 million on its campaigns this year, and will obtain the remainder from the candidates themselves. A.K.
The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has zł.9 million - only a quarter of its needs, according to party representatives. The SLD's previous parliamentary campaign cost zł.25 million. The party spent nearly all of the zł.28 million that it received in 2004.
The Civic Platform (PO), as an opponent of financing parties from the budget, has no savings and plans to obtain a loan to run the campaigns. In 2001 the party was granted a loan of zł.5 million.
Self-Defense (SO) has around zł.2.5 million in savings. "We have a problem with obtaining any kind of loan, so we are seeking firms that would like to pay for our posters," party leader Andrzej Lepper told Gazeta Wyborcza. It plans to spend between zł.6-7 million on its campaigns this year, and will obtain the remainder from the candidates themselves. A.K.
