Politics In Brief: Leszek Miller; Grzegorz Białoruski resigns; Samoobrona;

The Sejm yesterday rejected for the second time a motion submitted by Law and Justice (PiS) calling for Prime Minister Leszek Miller to resign. Members of the Polish Peasant's Party (PSL) abstained from vote. According to the opposition, this is a sign that the PSL's coalition with the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) will return. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) ... Grzegorz Białoruski, the head of the political bureau of the Interior Minister, has resigned. His resignation follows a Newsweek article describing how Białoruski violated the anticorruption law by accepting the post of supervisory board member at Biatel, a shareholder of Poldok, which won a tender to produce new identity cards for Polish citizens. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) ... The Commission for Deputies' Ethics has admonished Samoobrona (Self-Defense) member Stanisław Łyżwiński, for his speech during a debate concerning the judicial system. Łyżwiński announced that the courts which sentenced Self-Defense members were acting under the influence of political decision-makers or corruption. He added that Andrzej Lepper was sentenced by courts because he spoke the truth about the Buzek-lead government and the President of Poland. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) ... European Union Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen made an emotional appeal yesterday for Poles to turn out in force and deliver a resounding "Yes" vote in June's referendum. (Reuters) A.K.