President expresses deep reservations about the future of enfranchisement bill

On Friday the Sejm accepted 56 out of 66 amendments proposed by the Senate to the Enfranchisement Act. It is up to the President now whether the act will come into effect. "I'm very skeptical about the act. I think that it is impossible to amend it in such a way so as to make it legally correct, economically feasible and socially just," said the President during a telephone conversation with Polish Radio. According to the act, government apartments will be excluded. Additionally, people who in this way become owners of their apartments will not be allowed to sell them for two years. "The current Enfranchisement Act is better however it must be implemented carefully," said Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek. (Rzeczpospolita, page A2)