Rywin Commission loses another member

Ryszard Kalisz from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has resigned from the Sejm inquiry commission into the Rywin case. The SLD leader, Jerzy Jaskiernia, said that a decision on Kalisz's replacement would be reached as soon as possible. "The fact that he is the chairman of the legislative commission as well as two other commissions, has made his work on the Rywin case impossible," said Jaskiernia. It remains unknown who will replace Samoobrona's Piotr Smolana, who left the commission on Tuesday, although Andrzej Lepper has submitted his candidacy and is tipped for the post. Meanwhile, a motion submitted by the Polish Family League (LPR) to expel Bohdan Kopczynski from the Commission was defeated by 117 votes to 39. The motion had been proposed by LPR leader Roman Giertych on the grounds that, "he does not belong to any club and is unauthorized to be a member of the commission and due to this the work of the commission may be seen as invalid." (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) A.C.