SLD declares Cimoszewicz will be its presidential candidate

"Public support for Cimoszewicz is on the rise (according to a CBOS poll he came top of all candidates with 16.7%). He has been the Prime Minister, a Minister and now he is the Speaker. This is the right candidate," announced SLD Secretary General Marek Dyduch. He went on to say that later this week the leaders of the party will discuss his candidacy with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Dyduch has not excluded possible consultations with the Polish Social Democracy (SDPL) and the Freedom Union (UW). However, UW leader Władysław Frasyniuk has said that he does not see any possibility to cooperate with the SLD. "We will absolutely not support any candidate proposed by the SLD. Our aim is definitely not, and will not be to help SLD at any level." (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) A.K.