PSL presidential nominee Kalinowski preaches unity in campaign launch

At the party convention held on Tuesday Jaroslaw Kalinowski, the leader of Polish Peasants Party (PSL), received 96 out of total 102 votes thus becoming the party's official candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections. In a short press conference after the vote Kalinowski officially started his presidential campaign and unveiled one of his main campaign strategies. He would appeal to the conservative electorate. PSL has high hopes about the forthcoming elections which it treats as a test before the parliamentary elections. "We want to create a political force between the left- and the right-wing. We want to use a weakness of AWS," said Janusz Piechocinski from PSL. The party would like to join forces with other factions, the National Pensioners Party (KPEiR) and Christian National Union (ZChN). Some PSL members are also calling for talks with Samoobrona leader Andrzej Lepper who can take votes away from PSL. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 6) J.K.