Speaker says special commissions not on Sejm's agenda

The decision not to include the vote enraged the opposition parties, which want to establish the commissions before the dissolution of the Sejm. "This is a political cowardice that discredits Law and Justice (PiS), which is deadly scared of truth," stated Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk. Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) deputy Jerzy Szmajdziński said, "PiS is a party with a double morality since it had nothing against the Sejm Commission for Orlen during the previous election campaign." On September 7 the deputies will vote on the dissolution of parliament. If the motion to dissolve the parliament is rejected, the government will resign and the Sejm will be dissolved by the President Lech Kaczyński. If the deputies agree on the dissolution, the election will take place on October 21. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpsopolita, p. A1) E.B.