The SLD continues to beg Cimoszewicz to be their presidential candidate

The SLD believes that Cimoszewicz is now the only person who stands any chances against an increasingly popular Lech Kaczyński, the leader of Law and Justice (PiS). President Aleksander Kwaśniewski is the main force behind this move. According to him, the results of the EU Constitution referendum in France and the Netherlands created a new international situation and gave Cimoszewicz grounds to once again consider his candidature. Kwaśniewski claims that only Cimoszewicz's success in the elections would guarantee that Poland's current pro-EU foreign policy would not change. The President's efforts to win over Cimoszewicz are supported by the new SLD leader, Wojciech Olejniczak. Kwaśniewski is also going to approach politicians like Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Bronisław Geremek to support his idea, bearing in mind the opinions of these politicians are of great value to Cimoszewicz. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.F.