President to meet Civic Platform leaders to gain support for early elections

The President Lech Kaczyński is going to meet the leaders of Civic Platform (PO) and convince them to support the motion to terminate the term of office of the Parliament. PO is expected to refuse and wait until the elections change something. They also believe it is not the right timing due to the forthcoming visit of the Pope Benedict XVI. Besides this, Jan Rokita reminded PiS that the party does not need PO's consent for early elections. It is just enough for them to ask the Sejm about a vote of confidence for the government. In case of failure, the president will have to announce early elections anyway, irrespective of PO's stance. Rokita claimed that there is something more to the matter than just early elections. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4, Rzeczpospolita, p. 5) J.L.