Self-Defense leader continues to raise the stakes

Officially he is not going to take part in today's ceremony due to personal reasons and is going to deliver his pledge "some other time", but his deputy Ryszard Czarnecki suggested something was going on, as Lepper was also absent when Jaroslaw Kaczynski was appointed Prime Minister. Rumor has it that Lepper is trying to win posts for his people in state-owned companies and in the public media. There have been few changes to cabinet posts, but there is speculation that Premier Kaczynski may eventually replace Economy Minister, Piotr Wozniak in a few weeks once a suitable replacement has been found. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.7; Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) J.L.