Presidential election heading for round two?; Olechowski' s post-election plans

According to the latest election poll, support for incumbent president Aleksander Kwasniewski has fallen 5% to 55%, raising the likelihood of a second round. A loss of 6% more would mean there would be two election rounds, not a single round as expected. So far the runner-up position is held by Andrzej Olechowski (13%), followed by Marian Krzaklewski (6-7%) running neck-and-neck with Jaroslaw Kalinowski. Analysts say it is impossible to tell whether Marian Krzaklewski's attacks will have any long-lasting effect on Kwasniewski's popularity. Olechowski says he is considering founding a new political party after the elections. The new body would include businesspeople, among them members of the Business Centre Club. This however raises fears among the Freedom Union (UW) and National Conservative Alliance (SKL), traditionally addressing the same electorate and fearful of losing it to the new party. The candidate has hinted he would create a new party, a new platform on which an agreement of different parties would be possible, or a new non-governmental organization. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 1,4)