Premier under extreme pressure to resign

Tempers in the party apparently reached fever pitch over the G8 privatization. Yesterday also saw the repeat of rumors that Marek Borowski was ready to resign as parliamentary speaker and leave the SLD. Rzeczpospolita writes that Janik has met Miller and asked him to resign in order to save the unity of the party. It is believed that Józef Oleksy, who has increasingly been in the media eye, is tipped to take over if Miller goes. Many SLD deputies are openly commenting on the future of the premier and some have even hinted that unless he goes they may leave to form another party. Other argue that on the eve of accession to the EU, Miller has so many international duties to fulfill that it will not be an easy task to get rid of him. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A2, A4) J.J.