PM to face ex President Kwaśniewski in TV debate

"Why should I talk to the helper if I can talk to the boss himself," said Kaczyński adding that the Civic Platform's program is only a supplement to the program of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). Nevertheless, Donald Tusk did not lose hope that he would hold a debate with Kaczyński, He called the Kaczyński-Kwaśniewski debate "qualifications for the real finals" and said that those two politicians have similar views on many things. "These are two politicians with socialist views on the economy and this dispute in Polish socialist circles has to be resolved," said Tusk. Meanwhile, the election committees of PiS and LiD are analyzing the weak points of the each others candidate and are trying to agree on the journalist who will conduct the debate. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A2; Dziennik, p. 1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) E.B.