Pre-election fever hits the courts as politicians cry foul over allegations

With the parliamentary elections fast approaching, pre-election fever is now driving politicians to the courts. The election committee of Law and Justice (PiS), headed by the Kaczynski brothers, has recently taken the political weekly Wprost to court over an article that alleged former Justice Minister Lech Kaczynski had attempted to gather sensitive information on public figures. Meanwhile, members of Solidarity Election Action of the Right (AWSP) filed a suit demanding an apology from the coalition of the Democratic Left Alliance and Labor Union (SLD- UP) for accusing AWSP members of squandering public money and unjustifiably lining the pockets of AWS politicians and officials. (Zycie, p.4) A.Z.