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Lech Kaczynski

Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc

Warsaw, Poland

	Senate of Poland
		The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament.
		In the Nobles' Democracy, the Senate was the upper chamber of the Sejm, and consisted of members of the royal cabinet and the royal court, together with voivods, prefects and castellans (all appointed by the king), and Catholic bishops (see Senatorial offices for details).
		Senators are elected by a plurality bloc voting method (rare internationally), where several candidates with the highest support are elected from each electorate, and each voter selects their whole preferred set.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/senate_of_poland.html (418 words)

	Opposition wins in democratic election \| Pridnestrovie.net - Tiraspol, PMR: Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica ...
		There are 257 election districts in the republic and for the parliamentary election they where organized into 43 areas, one for each seat in Parliament.
		The election was highly competitive, with nearly 200 candidates standing and an average of 4 candidates per district.
		The 11 December 2005 elections for Pridnestrovie's parliament showed that most PMR residents believe in their country's independent statehood and support it by voting.
	pridnestrovie.net /11dec2005election.html (1093 words)

	Polish Twins Offer Voters a One-Two Political Punch - New York Times
		Nonetheless, their prominence represents a remarkable turn in Polish politics, which, by an accident of timing, is producing a presidential election right after a parliamentary one.
		One result of the parliamentary voting is clear: the Polish electorate has repudiated the group of former Communist officials who, gathered under the umbrella of the Democratic Left Alliance, have dominated this country's politics for much of the past decade.
		The two parties that received the most votes in the parliamentary elections, Law and Justice and the Civic Platform, were formed in 2001 and have their roots in the pro-democracy protest movements of the 1980's.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/10/02/international/europe/02poland.html?ex=1285905600&en=1f599ac6481770e6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (853 words)

	The Guardians of Europe: Polish secret service protects the borders of the European Union
		Polish counterespionage officers declare the secret services of the Russian Federation as their main opponent at present.
		Other recent cases include: an officer of the Polish Military Intelligence Communication Branch was arrested on suspicion of espionage for Russia in December, 2003; a Russian "mole" was uncovered in the Polish Sejm in March, 2005.
		In the first case, the Russian agent was engaged in gathering information on the plans of the American bases and the locations of NATO forces on Polish territory, and also on military re-deployments connected with the future expansion of the European Community to the east.
	www.axisglobe.com /polish123.htm (811 words)

	2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Poland
		The IPN was responsible for commemorating Polish losses sustained in World War II and the postwar period, celebrating citizens' efforts to forge an independent state, and pressing for government compensation of past human rights violations.
		National parliamentary and presidential elections took place in September and October, respectively, and were regarded as free and fair.
		On September 19, the parliamentary Orlen investigative committee approved a final report on the "Orlengate" scandal, which originally surfaced in October 2004 with reports that the country's richest businessman had met with a former Russian spy and suggested he had official approval to negotiate the sale of state‑owned Rafineria Gdanska, the country's second-largest oil refinery.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61668.htm (8921 words)

	Ukraine 2004 Presidential Election
		Ukraine's election crisis entered its third week showing no sign of ending, as the two sides in the political battle again locked horns in a new standoff.
		Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, who helped mediate the talks, said the agreement marked only minimal progress, and that the differences between the sides remained "enormous." Speaking to reporters in Kiev, Kwasniewski said the candidates did little more than define their differences in six hours of talks.
		The two sides in Ukraine's election dispute failed to agree on the issue of whether to weaken the powers of the presidency, as the current government wants.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/ukraine/election-2004-3.htm (1567 words)

	Polish MP hails election as region's "most open and transparent" \| Pridnestrovie.net - Tiraspol, PMR: ...
		This policy of independent election monitoring in Pridnestrovie was started with the group's participation in the country's parliamentary elections in the year 2000 and continued again with Pridnestrovie's elections for President in 2001.
		The report of the international elections observers in Pridnestrovie confirms that the European country's 2005 elections were free and fair.
		Election information was presented in three languages: Russian, Moldovan (Romanian) and Ukrainian further disproving the allegations that Moldovans in PMR are prevented from speaking their own language.
	pridnestrovie.net /transparentdemocracy.html (888 words)

	POLAND'S ELECTIONS: Brief Information About the Participants
		Polish Social Democrats (Socjaldemokracja Polska – SdPl) was founded in 2004, after the internal split in SLD.
		Elections platform of this party contains a standard set of slogans of the leftist camp (defense of workers' rights, support of socially weak groups of population, etc.).
		Elections are organized by the Election Committee (Komitet Wyborczy "Mniejszosc Niemiecka"),which was founded in 1990.
	www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=396 (1313 words)

	In Polish politics, twins put on a show - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		Nonetheless, their prominence caps a remarkable turn in Polish politics, which, by an accident of timing, is producing a presidential election right after a parliamentary one.
		One result of the parliamentary election is clear: The Polish electorate has repudiated the group of former Communist officials who, gathered under the umbrella of the Democratic Left Alliance, have dominated this country's politics for much of the past decade.
		The two parties that got the most votes in the parliamentary elections, Law and Justice and Civic Platform, both have their roots in the pro-democracy protest movements of the 1980s.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/09/30/news/poland.php (1182 words)

	Middle East Report Online: Paradox and Possibility in Iran's Presidential Election, by Arang Keshavarzian and Mohammad ...
		The prospect that the election would advance debates over political reform and democratization appeared weak, in the shadow of the self-described defeat of Iran's parliamentary reformist movement and the increasing skepticism of the disappointed citizenry that voting for reform-minded candidates will in fact democratize the regime.
		The 2005 presidential campaign has ushered in a new set of challenges and possibilities for supporters of democratization in Iran that, if those supporters reach across internal divides in order to withstand authoritarian backlash, could live on past the announcement of results expected on June 18.
		These overtures must be expanded and followed through after the election -- regardless of the results -- if voting in the presidential election is to be more than a rubber stamp for the status quo or a means of prolonging the painful deadlock of the past eight years.
	www.merip.org /mero/mero061705.html (2037 words)

	FSB Document Store Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		371 Description: In advance of local elections in England and Scotland on May 3 2007 the FSB has published a local government manifesto to demonstrate to Council candidates the action they need to take to protect small firms in their area.
		The document was presented to London\'s political parties in the autumn of 2003 to tie in with the work they were doing drawing up their policies for next year\'s elections.
		This influential document brings together views from membership across the country and outlines important actions which are needed if the Wales is to continue to grow and develop its SMEs which are the the lifeblood of the Welsh economy.
	www.fsb.org.uk /policy/overview.asp?group=2 (13673 words)

	USATODAY.com - Polls show Polish voters oust incumbents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		WARSAW —; Exit polls and early returns indicated Polish voters ousted the nation's scandal-prone government of ex-communists in parliamentary elections Sunday, giving a broad majority to two center-right parties that have promised tax cuts and clean government.
		Polish voters — like Germans did a week ago — sought to put the brakes on all-out cuts to welfare state benefits, giving first place to Law and Justice — a party that mingles free-market economics with concern for social equality and government programs.
		Sunday's election is the fifth fully free vote since Poland's transition from communism to multiparty democracy in 1989.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-09-25-poland-election_x.htm (970 words)

	Polish Elections 2005: Shift to the right in the polls, shift to the left on the streets
		Since 1989, Polish elections, to put it euphemistically, have not been characterised by exceptionally high turnouts, but it is only this time that the psychological barrier of 40 per cent has been reached.
		For the same reasons right after the elections all the sociologists and media commentators were united in explaining that “Polish society does not posses political culture”, “society is ignorant and irresponsible” and so on and so forth.
		The situation of Polish capitalism, despite continuous GDP growth, is already very volatile with high unemployment and the artificially high value of the Polish zloty.
	www.marxist.com /polish-elections-2005.htm (1873 words)

	Polish Consulate...
		Warsaw, Nov. 7: Seven Polish soldiers stationing with the European Union Force (EUFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina were slightly injured in a car accident near the locality of Zvornik on Monday morning, spokesman for the General Staff of the Polish army colonel Zdzislaw Gnatowski reported later in the day.
		Polish farmers are the group in which confidence in the EU has grown from 25 percent to 45 percent since March 2003.
		Polish Civil Service head Jan Pastwa told PAP that Poland will offer schooling and periods of practice for Macedonian civil servants and will send experts and advisers to Macedonia if needed.This is the second agreement of this kind signed by Poland, the first was concluded with Ukraine.
	www.polish.motime.com /archive/2005-11 (7625 words)

	Poland to pull troops from Iraq by end of 2005: defense minister
		But amid strong domestic opposition to the Polish troop deployment and violent unrest in the Middle Eastern country, the government is under pressure to bring to an end Poland's military involvement in Iraq.
		Parliamentary elections are due next year in Poland, with the ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) party which committed Polish troops to Iraq currently credited with only seven percent support.
		"The reason is we have elections coming up next year and the SLD wants to be able to say during the election campaign this is not an issue because we are withdrawing the troops by the end of 2005," Bobinski said.
	www.infowars.com /articles/october2004/041004pulltroops.htm (560 words)

	The GULLY \| Gay Mundo \| New Anti-Gay Regime in Poland
		With an 18 percent unemployment rate, the highest in the European Union, crumbling health and education systems, widespread corruption and a growing underclass of "new poor," Polish voters were frightened by the austerity measures espoused by the moderate conservative Donald Tusk and his Civic Platform, who ran a lackluster campaign.
		The Kaczynskis have turned even further to their right, to the rabidly extremist League of Polish Families and to the conservative populist party Samoobrona (Self-Defense), both of which are going to demand their pound of flesh, particularly on social issues.
		The current Polish trend of seizing on queers as scapegoats is more than a cultural or religious question: it is also a symptom of Poland's difficulty in making a transition from Communist single-party rule to democracy in the midst of social and economic ills.
	www.thegully.com /essays/gaymundo/051110_poland_election.html (1295 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Central and Eastern Europe
		Definitive 2006 Saeima election results and an overview of the Latvian electoral system are available in Electoral Panorama.
		Parliamentary Elections in Moldova on March 6, 2005, in Romanian, Russian and English
		Elections in the Slovak Republic, in Slovak and English
	electionresources.org /eastern.europe.html (280 words)

	U.S. Department of Defense Official Website - 12/15/2005 - Edition 1
		ELECTION DAY — An Iraqi couple waits in line to cast their ballots at Al Jazar Practicing High School in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2005.
		WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2005 — The Dec. 15 parliamentary elections in Iraq represent "a watershed moment in the story of freedom" that's important not only to Iraq's security and democratic future, but also to America's, President Bush said today at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars here.
		WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2005 — Deterring countries or groups who can or want to attack the United States is still a viable strategy in the 21st century, even as the nature of defense challenges broadens and moves to areas outside U.S. expertise, a top Defense Department official said here today.
	www.defendamerica.mil /archive/2005-12/20051215am1.html (394 words)

	Editorial: Change in course / The Polish election moves the country to the right (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Another was the very visible election eve visit to the United States of Lech Walesa, of fame from his leadership of Solidarity, the roots of the Law and Justice and Civic Platform parties.
		In the sense that the new center-right Polish government is likely to be more sympathetic to American interests than the defeated Democratic Left Alliance, which received only 11 percent of the vote, there could be some payout for the United States.
		The other disquieting element in these elections, the fifth since the fall of communism in 1989, is that voter turnout was only 41 percent, attributed to disillusionment with the high level of corruption in the country.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05271/578747.stm (494 words)

	World Leaders React to the Iraqi Elections
		Leaders around the globe responded quickly and favorably to the January 30 Iraqi elections, praising the courage and determination of the Iraqi people in going to the polls.
		They also recognized that the election, while a milestone, is a first step on a longer road to democracy.
		Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski: “These elections show we are dealing with an optimistic scenario....
	www.state.gov /r/pa/scp/2005/42031.htm (787 words)

	Poles Vote for President amid Political Tensions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Polish people are voting for a president who will oversee the country's ambitious plan to adopt the Euro as its official currency by as early 2009.
		Surveys show that the election may fail to produce a clear winner between the two front runners who will likely face each other in a run-off round in two weeks.
		Kaczynski, who is also the mayor of Warsaw, provoked criticism earlier this year by refusing permission for a gay parade in the Polish capital, which was held anyway and ended in a clash with the march's opponents.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-10-09-voa8.cfm (685 words)

	Polish presidential election: playoff between two right-wing candidates
		Last weekend’s presidential elections in Poland saw the continuation of the trend set during the parliamentary elections held two weeks ago.
		During the course of the last parliamentary elections both parties declared their readiness to form a coalition.
		He told Polish radio that his party stressed that a coalition government program must avoid the dangerous populist ideas of the Right and Justice party, particularly in the sphere of economics.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/oct2005/pola-o14.shtml (1369 words)

	Polish Right Appears Set for Victory
		Polish voters began casting their ballots Sunday in a general election that is expected to deal a humiliating defeat to the government and return two conservative parties to form a coalition.
		WARSAW, Poland - Polish voters cast their ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to deal a crushing defeat to an ex-communist government plagued by scandal and high unemployment and lead to a coalition government between two conservative parties.
		Sunday's election is the fifth fully free election following the peaceful transition from communism to multiparty democracy in 1989.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/09/25/228509.xml (874 words)

	Poland-Election, 1st Writethru
		As was the case in Germany's election a week ago, Polish voters appeared to balk at the prospect of drastic cuts to welfare benefits by giving the strongest backing to Law and Justice, a party that blends the idea of free markets with concern for social equality.
		Vote tallies were likely to change somewhat, as Warsaw, with some 1.5 million residents, was lagging behind in the vote count, the head of the commission, Ferdynand Rymarz, said.
		Formation of a government is certain to be complicated by the fact that Kaczynski's identical twin brother, Lech, is running in next month's presidential election.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050926/w092624.html (634 words)

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