Truckers protest of little inconvenience, Lepper to join fight to paralyze nation

nation Polish truck and taxi drivers were protesting on Friday against the high price of fuel. It was their answer to unsuccessful negotiations between representatives of the transport sector and the government. The protest took the form of a slow down on the streets of the main Polish cities. The biggest number of protesters were in Gdansk and Bydgoszcz. According to Adam Majewski, the chairman of protest committee, 20,000 drivers participated in the action. Police however say there were only about 700 protesters. The protest, however, could be more intense this week. Presidential candidate and Samoobrona leader Andrzej Lepper is going to support it. He announced blockades of refineries, and if this does not work blockades of the whole country. (Zycie, Sept. 16-17, page 5)