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09:16, July 11, 2007 |
Poland's opposition parties - Democratic Left Alliance and Civic Platform (PO) - filed motions on Tuesday to dissolve Sejm, or the lower house of Poland's parliament.
PO leader Donald Tusk said that his party would seek early elections, Polish PAP news agency reported.
The lower house may dissolve parliament with a 2/3 majority of votes (at least 307 votes).
According to Democratic Left Alliance "the growing crisis can be stopped only by shortening the parliament's term of office and holding new parliamentary elections."
Sejm Speaker Ludwik Dorn told reporters that "if the government has no majority in the Sejm, motions for the chamber dissolution submitted by the opposition will be examined in the second half of September."
Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday sacked deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Andrzej Lepper, leader of a coalition partner, in a move that could lead to new elections.
On Tuesday, Andrzej Lepper told a news conference that his party Self- defense would remain in the coalition under "certain conditions" but he was not going to return to the former post in cabinet.
Source: Xinhua
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