Presidential runner-up Olechowski to found new centrist political party

Presidential runner-up Olechowski to found new centrist political party Independent Presidential candidate Andrzej Olechowski and his advisors have decided to create a new political movement called Nowe Centrum. In the future the movement will become a political party, according to Robert Smoktunowicz, a member of Olechowski' s election team. Smoktunowicz disclosed that talks with Freedom Union (UW) and the Conservative Peasants Party (SKL) will be held before the Parliamentary elections in order to discuss cooperation. When asked what future relations between UW and Olechowski might be like, UW spokesman Andrzej Potocki said, " All I can reveal is that an official meeting will soon take place between Leszek Balcerowicz and Mr Olechowski." (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4