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WORLD, Page 35World NotesPOLANDSolidarity Cleans House
If there were any doubts about the overwhelming rejection of
the Communist party by Polish voters earlier this month, they were
firmly dispelled last week. By the end of the second round of
sparsely attended balloting, the Solidarity trade-union movement
had confirmed its victory by winning 99 seats in the 100-member
Senate and all 161 opposition seats in the 460-seat Sejm, the lower
house, where 299 places had been set aside in advance for the
Communist alliance.
Although Communist party leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski
has attempted to draw Solidarity into a coalition, the trade-union
movement insists it will remain in opposition until completely free
elections are held. Solidarity has agreed to cooperate on pressing
matters such as economic reform, but seems unlikely to support
Jaruzelski's candidacy for the newly created presidency. Solidarity
is hoping that the Communist party will avoid a showdown on the
presidency by nominating someone other than Jaruzelski. Said an
aide to Lech Walesa: "There has to be someone they can put up who
is acceptable to both sides."