Washed up AWS and UW politicians queue to join PO

After Jan Rokita's Civic Platform (PO) overtook the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in the opinion polls, the party has been under a deluge of politicians wishing to join the party. Even senior civil servants are said to be more p olite and helpful to those PO Deputies who have been named as potential can didates for future ministers. Rokita was surprised when a former Freedom Un ion (UW) leader came to him and said that he would like to join the party. Former Self-Defense Deputy Krzysztof Rutkowski has expressed a willingness to become a PO member. "We are discussing this issue, however I would not l ike to disclose any details," said Rokita. According to the former Warsaw M ayor and PO member Paweł Piskorski, many politicians from the former Solida rity Election Action (AWS) and the Freedom Union will find their place in t he PO. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A6) A.Z.