Protestors and parliamentary deputies demonstrate against imported grain

Several dozen Self-Defense (Samoobrona) and Polish Family League (LPR) activists, together with some of their parliamentary deputies, protested against the import of grain at a railway siding in Warsaw's Zeran district yesterday. When the police intervened, Self-Defense leader Andrzej Lepper struggled and shouted calling Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik a criminal and former secret police supporter. "The prosecutor will know what to do," said Justice Minister Barbara Piwnik. The demonstrators opened up railway cargo wagons allowing the grain to spill onto the ground. The wheat was being imported by Zbigniew Komorowski, a deputy of the Polish Peasants Party (PSL). This year his company was on the list of firms that received a concession to import a duty-free quota of grain. "PSL members are privileged with the allocation of such contingents. What Lepper does is breaking the law but it is the only way of bringing the public's attention to the PSL elites who are abusing their powers," said former Self-Defense activist Zbigniew Nowak who is currently an independent deputy, . (Zycie, p. 1) A.Z.