Three in the running to take over from Freedom Union leader Geremek

The Freedom Union (UW) will elect a new leader on Sunday. Three men are comp eting for the post held by former Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek. They a re Wladyslaw Frasyniuk, Janusz Okrzesik and Jan Krol. Geremek served as part y leader for less than a year. He was elected in December 2000, beating curr ent Civic Platform (PO) leader Donald Tusk. Tusk, together with other libera ls, subsequently left the UW, which failed to win a single seat in last mont h's parliamentary elections. "I take complete responsibility for this defeat ," Geremek said at the time. Wladyslaw Frasyniuk is currently the favorite t o take over from Geremek. (Zycie, p. 7) M.T.K.