Will Belka's government secure Parliamentary support?
At 2.30 pm Marek Belka was formally appointed by the president as prime minister designate, and by 4 pm Belka revealed his cabinet line up. One of Belka's first decisions was to divide the Ministry of Labor, Economy and Social Policy, through the creation of a new Ministry of Social Policy. Belka's cabinet does not contain any real surprises, and seven ministers have stayed on from Miller's government. The key ministers are as follows: Deputy PM Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka (UP), Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (SLD), Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdziński, Finance Minister Andrzej Raczko, Ireneusz Fąfara as Health Minister and Jacek Socha as Treasury Minister. However, all the daily papers question if Belka's this team will secure a Parliamentary vote of confidence scheduled for Friday, May 14. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8; Gazeta Wyborcza, April 30-May 3, p. 3) D.W.