Rokita sees ruling coalition as a possibility but Tusk moves into opposition

Today, the National Council of PO is to meet to discuss its stance towards the government of Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. "I will recommend moving into opposition. Millions of our voters are expecting this from us," announced Tusk yesterday. He went on to add that this will be the opposition to the extreme right wing coalition of PiS with SelfDefense and the Polish Families' League (LPR). Meanwhile Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz has not given up in his attempts to invite PO into coalition and wrote a letter to Tusk with a proposal of signing a program contract, which would chiefly relate to supporting the budget related issues. "I will not reply to the 125th letter with propositions which are not backed up by anything," replied Tusk. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.