SLD begin to analyze reasons for their failures in the local gov't elections

The leaders of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) do not conceal their disappointment after the results of Sunday's final local elections results. "The party has received some signals concerning particular persons, about disagreements in some areas and about the lack of communication between the party's local representatives and the residents of a particular area," said President Kwasniewski during a radio interview yesterday. The President congratulated Kaczynski on his landslide victory for the post of Mayor of Warsaw. He also admitted that the support, which he and Prime Minister Miller had given to SLD candidates, was insufficient in some constituencies. It came as a particularly unpleasant surprise in areas which were regarded as leftist bastions, like Lodz. Miller announced changes in the structures of the SLD at the local level. "The candidates who lost in the elections must think about the reasons for their failure and treat it as a very important lesson for the future," he said. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) K.Z.