It seems we were a bit too optimistic in predicting a change in Polish government. While some feel such a change would be helpful to the Polish people, it looks like the Self-Defense Party has flip-flopped their role despite their leader, Andrzej Lepper, being sacked from his seat as deputy prime minister for charges of corruption. He has decided that his party will remain in the coalition with the ruling PiS party conditionally.
The coalition, made up of centre-right Law and Justice (PiS), populist Self-Defense, and extreme- (some will say insane-) right League of Polish Families, have signed an addendum to their coalition agreement, which they say will allow some political and financial reforms. The coalition, which has had many disagreements in the past but insists on cooperating together to better govern Poland, plans to continue into the next parliamentary elections. But critics and opposition party members are saying the coalition agreement annex is just a distraction from the country's many problems. It looks like the Polish people will have to decide for themselves, but not until 2009. |