Uncertainty grows around Hausner's plan

However, this does not guarantee its success, as on Friday the coalition lost its Parliamentary majority. During the voting, the SLD Council decided to prepare a bill abolishing the so-called "thirteenth" salary annually paid to senior state officials, and has resigned from part of a the subsidy granted to the party from the budget. On Tuesday the program of rationalizing public spending is to be accepted by the government. How Deputies will vote on the plan is unclear, as on Friday Roman Jagieliński, withdrew his party's support for the government and created a new Parliamentary party from the Democratic-Peasants Party. He has also turned to SLD to select his own people for the posts of Deputy Sejm Speaker, Deputy Prime Minister, one Minister, Deputy Ministers in all ministries, and on management boards of companies in which the State Treasury holds a stake. Meanwhile on Sunday, Law and Justice's Jarosław Kaczyński called on Deputies to reject Hausner's plan, help topple the government and bring about June elections. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.K.