PSL debates merger with Centrum and SKL

During the proceedings old rivalry between the new president Janusz Wojciechowski and his predecessor Jarosław Kalinowski was clearly visible. After Wojciechowski presented his program speech his supporters gave him a standing ovation, but Kalinowski's people did not even clamp. Wojciechowski claimed that changing names would be nothing new for the party. "It was thanks to our ability to change with the times that allowed us to survive," he said. Meanwhile, Zbigniew Religa seems to have changed his mind, as he revealed yesterday that at the moment he can see no way of merging his party with the PSL. (Rzeczpospolita, October 25, p. A4; Gazeta Wyborcza, October 25, p. 6) A.F.