Presidenial 'no' to early election to end day of political chaos

At 3.17 p.m. the Polish Press Agency (PAP) informed that, "The President Lech Kaczyński is close to making a decision about dissolving the Parliament." Politicians became hysterical, while the President's spokesman Maciej Łopiński only said, "We will wait and see." Politicians of Law and Justice (PiS) who are regarded as well informed were also surprised and disorientated. An important PiS politician said that it is true the party signed a stabilization treaty, but if Self-defense and the Polish Families League (LPR) announced that they will support the fiscal ideas of Civic Platform (PO), the treaty can be questioned. "The end," read an SMS sent by politicians to journalists. Before Kaczyński's announcement, Self-defense and LPR announced they would expand the treaty by elements demanded by PiS. "I decided not to dissolve the Parliament," announced Kaczyński shortly after 9 pm. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M