PiS goes it alone as coalition talks with PO fall apart

Such emotions are felt from both sides after Wednesday's affairs in the Sejm. PiS, supported by Self-defense, the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) and the League of Polish Families (LPR) has selected Marek Jurek of PiS as the Sejm Speaker. This was a reaction to PO's decision not to withdraw its support for Bronisław Komorowski for this position. "In this parliament either a coalition with PO or a minority government is possible," announced PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński after the vote, in reply to accusations from PO that PiS is looking for coalition with Self-defense and PSL. The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) remains the only party which does not want to support a minority government. "Neither the PiS program nor the way this party operates is what we like," said SLD's Wojciech Olejniczak, who, together with four others including Andrzej Lepper, was selected as Deputy Sejm Speaker. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.