Walesa and Tomaszewski forge new political alliance ahead of election

Former President Lech Walesa and former Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Tomaszewski have agreed to form a new political party, "Civic Forum - Christian Democracy". The new party will bring together Walesa's Christian Democracy of the Third Republic of Poland (ChD III RP) and Tomaszewski's Civic Forum election committee. "We are forming a center-right bloc for those excluded and ignored by Solidarity Election Action (AWS) and Civic Platform (PO)," said Piotr Blazejewski, deputy leader of the ChD III RP. The new party plans to submit its registration to the court by Wednesday, and will this week finalize its list of election candidates. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) P.J.