President swiftly kills Enfranchisement Bill, Sejm unlikely to be able to revive

As expected, President Aleksander Kwasniewski has vetoed the controversial Enfranchisement Bill and sent it back to Sejm. According to Kwasniewski, "The bill has legal defects, is economically unfeasible and is socially unjust." This could mean the end of the enfranchisement saga as the advocates of the exercise do not make the two-thirds majority necessary to override the presidential veto in the Sejm. Kwasniewski decided to swiftly veto the bill, just a few days after it was enacted by the Sejm, saying he wanted to urgently eliminate the "illusory" program from the presidential campaign. Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek has vowed to mobilize enough votes to override the veto, though even the most optimistic agree that is wishful thinking. (Rzeczpospolita, page A1)