Politics In Brief: Parliamentary elections; Krzysztof Janik; Halina G.

Almost two-thirds of the public favor bringing parliamentary elections forward. The latest poll by Rzeczpospolita shows that 36% of respondents want the election to take place in autumn 2003, as proposed by the opposition, and 29% in spring 2004, at the same time as elections to the European Parliament. Among those polled, 62% would like to vote for particular individuals rather than for political parties. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) ... Opposition deputies argue that Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik should resign due to the alleged breach of the anti-corruption law on the part of the chief of the Minister's office, Grzegorz Baiłoruski. The information was announced by Newsweek. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) ... The defense in the Jacek Dębski murder trial wants to determine whether Halina G. (Inka), accused of complicity in the murder, really had any chance of becoming a crown witness or was just misinformed by officers from Warsaw Police Headquarters. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5) K.Ż.