Tusk lays into SLD for joblessness, taxation, inequality - and corruption

His presidential campaign was launched yesterday, during the ceremony of which Tusk strongly criticized the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) stating the left wing's main failures, which include the increasing unemployment and social inequality, a catastrophe in the health sector, corruption, increases in taxes and a weakening of Poland's international position. Another Presidential candidate, Henryka Bochniarz supported by the Democratic Party (PD) also outlined her vision of the future. One of the main priorities of the candidate, who according to opinion polls does not stand a feasible chance of making it to the second round of voting, would be battling unemployment among young people and women. Her election committee includes former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Władysław Frasyniuk, Bronisław Geremek, Julia Hartwig, Kora Jackowska and Marek Kondrat. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.K