Universal Enfranchisement Act to be amended prior to being implemented

The Senat's National Economy Commission has tabled the controversial Universal Enfranchisement bill which was recently passed by the Sejm. During the debate, the co-author of the bill, Adam Biela of Solidarity Election Action (AWS), presented scores of amendments to the bill. "My corrections are aimed at eradicating the imprecision contained in the bill," said Biela. Some of the changes proposed include giving away state-owned allotments to those currently running then. Another amendment is to eliminate official houses, occupied by government workers, from the list of houses eligible for enfranchisement. Senators expressed their shock that the bill was so full of ideological clauses at the expense of economic common sense. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 18) S.M.