Tusk puts Rokita forward as deputy PM candidate and reprimands

According to information gained by Rzeczpospolita, PiS wants to offer seats in the Presidium of the Sejm to all parties that entered the Parliament. This might help in winning support for the candidate of PiS for the Sejm Speaker if the party is unable to reach agreement with PO on this issue. Politicians of Law and Justice also say that the potential goodwill of Self-Defense, the Polish Peasants Party (PSL) and the Polish Families' League may also be important in the second round of presidential elections when Tusk will face Kaczyński from PiS. "It would be better if PiS focused on what is ahead of us as a coalition," commented Donald Tusk on the Sejm negotiations. He went on to say that PO would propose its candidate for the post of the Sejm Speaker during the first session of the Parliament. The most serious candidate is Bronisław Komorowski. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A5) M.M.