Piskorski survives motion for removal and stays on in Warsaw leadership

Efforts to have Pawel Piskorski dismissed from his post of president of Warsaw have failed. A group of councillors from the Freedom Union (UW) had tabled a motion, claiming that Piskorski, who is a main leader of the Citizens Platform (PO), should resign, following his appointment as head of the PO's national election campaign. The UW motion, which also received backing from Solidarity Election Action (AWS), failed by seven votes, after the strongest party in Warsaw, the Left Democratic Alliance (SLD), refused to support it. Piskorski argued that there should be no problem with his dual role, since many politicians, among them Leszek Miller and Jerzy Buzek, also occupy two positions at the same time, and he further promised there would be no evidence of public money being used to support the PO campaign. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3) M.K.