Piskorski resigns as Mayor of Warsaw but likely to stay on till January

The Warsaw City Council unanimously accepted Pawel Piskorski's resignation yesterday from the position of city Mayor. Piskorski filed his resignation as a result of becoming a member of parliament in the recent national elections. The entire staff of the city management office resigned along with Piskorski. However, as Rzeczpospolita reports, the resignation is not effective immediately, as Piskorski will probably continue to head the city of Warsaw until January. Currently, the Warsaw City Council has three months to choose new city authorities. Although talks are being held to establish a new Solidarity Election Action (AWS) and Freedom Union (UW) coalition, it is likely that there will be no major reshuffle in the capital's government, and that the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Civic Platform (PO) coalition will remain in power. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) P.J.