Warsaw President to sue for slander after being labeled 'mob boss'

President of Warsaw, Pawel Piskorski, today files a case for slander against Czeslaw Bielecki, member of Solidarity Election Action (AWS), who labeled him in a Gazeta Wyborcza interview as "boss of a Warsaw mob". The accusation came about when Bielecki was defending his acceptance of a laptop worth zl. 9,000 from the Chinese ambassador, fobbing it off as small fry in comparison with the 'real scandals'. In defence of his name, Piskorski is demanding an apology and zl. 100,000 in compensation, which he will give to charity organizations. Jan Maria Rokita from the Conservative Peasants Party (CPP) also stood up for Piskorski. "Such remarks aimed at a serious, respectable, though controversial young politician. are firstly unwise, secondly contrary to good manners, and thirdly, untrue," Rokita said yesterday. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.3) K.K.