PO names Rokita

PO's Donald Tusk declared that the Law and Justice (PiS) candidate for the post of Prime Minister, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, may now begin talks with PO leader Jan Rokita.

According to press reports, PiS wants to offer seats in the Presidium of the Sejm to all parties that entered the Parliament. The move was seen as a power play for these parties' support in the second round of the Presidential election, but might also help in winning support for the PiS' candidate for Sejm Speaker if the party is unable to reach agreement with PO on this issue. Donald Tusk announced that PO would propose its candidate for the post of the Sejm Speaker during the first session of the Parliament. The most serious candidate is Bronisław Komorowski. (Poland A.M.)